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West Midlands

At-a-glance

22% of people - around 75,000 - born abroad and living in the West Midlands in 2001 were born in India.

342,269 people born abroad were living in the West Midlands in 2001, according to the Census, up about a quarter over 10 years.

6.5% of the West Midlands population was born abroad – up from 5% in 1991 but still below the national average.

2 areas of inner Birmingham - Handsworth and Sparkbrook - have clusters of people born abroad numbering more than a third of local residents.

The West Midlands has the third largest number of residents born abroad – largely because of the diversity of Birmingham which ranks second to London.

Although the West Midlands has seen the second slowest rate of change – a 26% increase in people born abroad – it has seen the third largest increase in actual numbers – some 71,550 more people.

In terms of top countries of birth, the West Midlands' large Pakistan, India and Caribbean-born communities dominate this list.

While Sparkbrook in Birmingham has the largest population of people born abroad – 22,301 people – Stone near Kidderminster has the lowest.

People living in the West Midlands

TOTAL NUMBERS AS % OF ALL PEOPLE

1991 2001 +/- % 1991 2001 +/- %

All people 5,150,367 5,267,003 2.26 100 100 0

Born outside British Isles 270,719 342,269 26.43 5.26 6.50 1.24

Top 10 places of birth outside British Isles

TOTAL NUMBERS AS % OF ALL PEOPLE

Country 1991 2001 +/- % 1991 2001 +/- %

India 70,452 75,169 6.70 1.37 1.43 0.06

Pakistan 47,289 63,593 34.48 0.92 1.21 0.29

Caribbean 35,253 34,854 -1.13 0.68 0.66 -0.02

Germany 13,853 16,930 22.21 0.27 0.32 0.05

Bangladesh 11,560 16,060 38.93 0.22 0.30 0.08

Other South & E Africa n/a 9,869 n/a n/a 0.19 n/a

Kenya 9,473 9,563 0.95 0.18 0.18 0.00

Other Far East n/a 7,174 n/a n/a 0.14 n/a

Hong Kong 4,719 6,327 34.08 0.09 0.12 0.03

South Africa 3,189 6,118 91.85 0.06 0.12 0.06

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People born outside British Isles area by area

	TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Sort by: Area	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Aldridge	645	919	42.48	1.60	2.39	0.79
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Germany, Other South & E Africa, Caribbean, Hong Kong.
Atherstone	833	978	17.41	1.37	1.58	0.21
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, South Africa, Other South & E Africa, Australia.
Bedworth	1,052	1,201	14.16	3.23	3.49	0.26
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Germany, Kenya, Other South & E Africa, Poland.
Bilston	2,336	2,278	-2.48	6.24	6.56	0.32
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Caribbean, Kenya, Germany, Other South & E Africa.
Blakenhall	5,488	5,909	7.67	15.26	17.02	1.76
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Caribbean, Kenya, Pakistan, Other South & E Africa.
Bloxwich	1,459	1,856	27.21	2.75	3.61	0.86
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, India, Caribbean, Germany, Hong Kong.
Bournville	1,740	2,312	32.87	3.71	5.12	1.41
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Caribbean, India, Germany, Pakistan, Other South & E Africa.
Bridgnorth	613	741	20.88	1.68	1.99	0.31
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, USA, Hong Kong, Australia, Non-EU states in W Europe.
Brierley Hill	1,129	1,356	20.11	3.64	4.33	0.69
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, India, Caribbean, Germany, Kenya.
Bromsgrove Rural	829	1,123	35.46	2.13	2.80	0.67
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Germany, South Africa, Caribbean, USA.
Bromsgrove Urban	965	1,042	7.98	1.83	2.18	0.35
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, South Africa, India, Caribbean, Hong Kong.
Brownhills	791	1,003	26.80	2.02	2.48	0.46
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Pakistan, Caribbean, Germany, Hong Kong.
Burslem	1,349	2,025	50.11	2.89	4.19	1.30
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Germany, Caribbean.
Burton Rural	729	1,158	58.85	1.61	2.30	0.69
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Hong Kong, Pakistan, Australia.
Burton Urban	2,224	2,926	31.56	4.71	6.04	1.33
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, India, Caribbean, Germany, Italy.
Bushbury	2,807	2,940	4.74	5.69	6.13	0.44
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Caribbean, Italy, Poland, Germany.
Cannock	656	689	5.03	1.43	1.56	0.13
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Poland, Hong Kong, Italy.
Codsall	738	781	5.83	1.53	1.61	0.08
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Germany, Poland, Kenya, Other South & E Africa.
Coventry Allesley	1,698	2,454	44.52	3.41	4.90	1.49
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Germany, Other Far East, Kenya, Caribbean.
	TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Area	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Coventry Cheylesmore	4,044	5,929	46.61	8.56	12.43	3.87
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Other South & E Africa, Caribbean.
Coventry Earlsdon	2,369	4,861	105.19	5.53	10.16	4.63
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Kenya, Other South & E Africa, Other Far East, Hong Kong.
Coventry Longford	7,848	9,103	15.99	15.13	17.29	2.16
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Pakistan, Caribbean, Kenya, Bangladesh.
Coventry Radford	3,853	4,905	27.30	7.61	9.46	1.85
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Pakistan, Caribbean, Kenya, Other South & E Africa.
Coventry Wyken	2,794	3,784	35.43	5.37	7.46	2.09
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Caribbean, Other South & E Africa, Kenya, Other Far East.
Darlaston	5,721	6,778	18.48	10.93	13.24	2.31
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Caribbean, Kenya.
Droitwich	844	1,303	54.38	1.97	2.73	0.76
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, South Africa, India, Australia, Canada.
Dudley Castle	1,583	1,872	18.26	4.37	5.18	0.81
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, India, Caribbean, Germany, Hong Kong.
Edgbaston E	4,721	7,981	69.05	11.19	17.58	6.39
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Caribbean, Pakistan, Other Far East, China.
Edgbaston W	1,649	2,333	41.48	3.89	5.61	1.72
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Caribbean, Pakistan, Germany, Other South & E Africa.
Erdington E	1,526	2,033	33.22	3.48	5.04	1.56
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Caribbean, Pakistan, India, Germany, Other Far East.
Erdington W	2,928	3,505	19.71	5.64	7.19	1.55
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Caribbean, Pakistan, India, Other South & E Africa, Germany.
Evesham	1,055	1,573	49.10	2.52	3.27	0.75
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, Italy, South Africa, USA, Canada.
Fenton	942	738	-21.66	1.86	2.05	0.19
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Pakistan, Other South & E Africa, Poland.
Fox Hollies	10,416	12,955	24.38	20.99	23.95	2.96
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, India, Caribbean, Bangladesh, Kenya.
Gornal	1,550	1,717	10.77	3.00	3.17	0.17
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Caribbean, Pakistan, Germany, Kenya.
Graiseley	6,499	7,192	10.66	17.09	18.65	1.56
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Caribbean, Pakistan, Kenya, Iraq.
Great Barr	1,663	2,467	48.35	4.57	7.04	2.47
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Caribbean, Kenya, Other South & E Africa, Pakistan.
Great Malvern Rural	969	1,044	7.74	2.43	2.60	0.17
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, South Africa, Australia, USA, India.
Great Malvern Urban	1,160	1,865	60.78	2.93	4.50	1.57
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, Hong Kong, South Africa, USA, India.
	TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Area	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Halesowen	1,337	1,576	17.88	2.74	3.37	0.63
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Other Middle East, Pakistan, Caribbean, Germany.
Hall Green E	2,005	3,163	57.76	8.07	12.20	4.13
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Pakistan, Kenya, Other South & E Africa, Caribbean.
Hall Green W	2,305	3,031	31.50	4.31	5.89	1.58
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Caribbean, Pakistan, Kenya, Other South & E Africa.
Handsworth	15,792	18,339	16.13	30.37	34.26	3.89
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Caribbean, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Kenya.
Hanley E	833	950	14.05	1.77	2.06	0.29
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, Italy, Germany, Caribbean, Poland.
Hanley W	1,921	2,582	34.41	5.66	7.42	1.76
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, India, Germany, Other Far East, Other South & E Africa.
Hednesford	710	781	10.00	1.55	1.49	-0.06
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Poland, Italy, Ex-USSR.
Hereford Rural	1,006	1,261	25.35	2.69	3.18	0.49
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, South Africa, USA, Australia, India.
Hereford Urban	1,320	1,596	20.91	2.63	2.91	0.28
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, South Africa, India, Hong Kong, Australia.
Hodge Hill E	1,159	1,964	69.46	2.37	4.09	1.72
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Caribbean, Pakistan, India, Germany, Other South & E Africa.
Hodge Hill W	5,075	6,708	32.18	17.98	24.11	6.13
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, Bangladesh, Caribbean, India, Other South & E Africa.
Kidsgrove	262	300	14.50	1.09	1.24	0.15
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, Hong Kong, Poland, Italy, USA.
Kingswinford	782	1,071	36.96	1.47	1.98	0.51
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, India, Germany, Hong Kong, Caribbean.
Ladywood E	12,041	15,595	29.52	24.25	28.69	4.44
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, Bangladesh, Caribbean, India, Other Far East.
Ladywood W	12,571	14,036	11.65	23.80	28.40	4.60
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Caribbean, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Other Far East.
Leamington	4,401	5,165	17.36	7.61	8.44	0.83
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Germany, Italy, USA, Kenya.
Leek	906	924	1.99	1.47	1.51	0.04
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, Poland, Italy, India, Canada.
Leominster Rural	1,367	1,410	3.15	2.51	2.78	0.27
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, South Africa, India, USA, Australia.
Leominster Urban	653	985	50.84	2.45	2.49	0.04
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, South Africa, Hong Kong, Spain.
Lichfield E	937	1,153	23.05	2.34	2.88	0.54
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, South Africa, Canada, France.
	TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Area	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Lichfield W	513	602	17.35	1.27	1.48	0.21
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Caribbean, Hong Kong, South Africa.
Longbridge	570	911	59.82	2.44	2.94	0.50
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Caribbean, India, Germany, Pakistan, Other South & E Africa.
Longton	1,039	1,605	54.48	2.46	3.05	0.59
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, Germany, India, Poland, Bangladesh.
Market Drayton	1,138	1,453	27.68	2.15	2.54	0.39
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, Hong Kong, South Africa, India, Australia.
Meriden N	1,144	1,153	0.79	2.07	2.28	0.21
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Caribbean, Germany, India, Other Far East, Cyprus.
Meriden S	1,319	1,905	44.43	2.77	3.75	0.98
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Germany, South Africa, USA, Kenya.
Moseley	5,312	7,414	39.57	12.24	15.37	3.13
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, India, Caribbean, Other Middle East, China.
Newcastle-u-Lyme E	652	797	22.24	1.67	1.98	0.31
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, Poland, Hong Kong, India, Other Far East.
Newcastle-u-Lyme W	1,005	1,303	29.65	2.32	3.02	0.70
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Germany, France, Other South & E Africa, Other Far East.
Northfield	1,526	1,998	30.93	3.32	4.47	1.15
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Caribbean, India, Other Far East, Germany, Other South & E Africa.
Nuneaton E	1,228	1,958	59.45	2.59	4.03	1.44
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Germany, Other South Asia, Kenya, South Africa.
Nuneaton W	1,721	1,487	-13.60	3.75	3.54	-0.21
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Germany, Kenya, Caribbean, Other South & E Africa.
Oldbury	2,971	3,705	24.71	7.80	9.46	1.66
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Pakistan, Caribbean, Bangladesh, Italy.
Oscott	1,943	3,103	59.70	4.44	6.93	2.49
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Caribbean, India, Pakistan, Greece, Kenya.
Oswestry	604	878	45.36	1.80	2.35	0.55
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, Hong Kong, India, Canada, South Africa.
Redditch N	1,534	1,774	15.65	3.01	3.68	0.67
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, Germany, Caribbean, India, Other Far East.
Redditch S	900	1,164	29.33	3.32	3.81	0.49
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, Caribbean, Germany, India, South Africa.
Rowley	910	1,351	48.46	2.47	3.61	1.14
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, India, Caribbean, Other Middle East, Bangladesh.
Rugby Rural	1,361	2,575	89.20	3.26	5.53	2.27
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Other Far East, USA, South Africa.
Rugby Urban	3,303	3,719	12.59	5.69	6.06	0.37
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Caribbean, Kenya, Germany, Other South & E Africa.
	TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Area	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Shewsbury Rural	1,589	1,954	22.97	3.26	4.05	0.79
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, South Africa, Other Far East, Hong Kong.
Shewsbury Urban	988	1,332	34.82	2.30	2.80	0.50
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Hong Kong, South Africa, USA.
Solihull E	1,606	2,655	65.32	3.84	6.14	2.30
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Germany, Japan, Pakistan, Kenya.
Solihull W	1,679	2,365	40.86	3.04	4.31	1.27
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Kenya, Pakistan, Other South & E Africa, Germany.
South Shropshire	784	1,023	30.48	2.05	2.53	0.48
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, Canada, Australia, India, USA.
Sparkbrook	17,863	22,301	24.84	31.06	35.16	4.10
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Caribbean, Other Middle East.
Stafford Rural	972	1,040	7.00	2.25	2.72	0.47
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, South Africa, USA, Italy.
Stafford Urban	1,728	2,116	22.45	4.09	4.22	0.13
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Caribbean, Poland, Cyprus.
Stoke Brown Edge	388	423	9.02	1.25	1.47	0.22
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, Italy, Poland, India, Caribbean.
Stone E	336	322	-4.17	1.24	1.18	-0.06
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, Cyprus, USA, South Africa, India.
Stone W	1,423	1,886	32.54	2.40	3.09	0.69
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, USA, South Africa, Australia.
Stourbridge N	925	1,090	17.84	1.98	2.38	0.40
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, Other Middle East, India, Germany, Caribbean.
Stourbridge S	1,234	1,677	35.90	3.33	4.54	1.21
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, India, Germany, Hong Kong, South America.
Stratford-on-Avon E	1,497	1,857	24.05	3.20	3.65	0.45
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, USA, South Africa, India, Canada.
Stratford-on-Avon W	1,616	2,130	31.81	3.10	4.04	0.94
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, South Africa, India, USA, Italy.
Sutton E	963	1,316	36.66	3.10	4.07	0.97
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Caribbean, Germany, Cyprus, Pakistan.
Sutton W	2,054	2,518	22.59	3.46	4.38	0.92
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Caribbean, Germany, Pakistan, Kenya.
Tamworth Rural	653	923	41.35	1.89	2.45	0.56
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Germany, Caribbean, USA, Australia.
Tamworth Urban	841	964	14.63	1.60	1.78	0.18
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, Caribbean, India, Other South & E Africa, Kenya.
Telford E	1,466	2,360	60.98	3.70	5.06	1.36
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Germany, Japan, Other Far East, Other Central & W Africa.
	TOTAL NUMBERS			AS % OF ALL PEOPLE
Area	1991	2001	+/- %	1991	2001	+/- %
Telford W	1,085	1,261	16.22	2.88	3.04	0.16
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, South Africa, Hong Kong, Other South & E Africa.
Tettenhall	3,091	4,014	29.86	6.55	8.44	1.89
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Caribbean, Pakistan, Germany, Kenya.
Walsall Paddock	3,167	3,892	22.89	8.99	11.37	2.38
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Caribbean, Kenya.
Warley E	6,868	7,295	6.22	20.76	24.48	3.72
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Pakistan, Caribbean, Bangladesh, Kenya.
Warley W	2,313	3,051	31.91	4.83	6.45	1.62
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Caribbean, Pakistan, Italy, Germany.
Warwick	1,519	2,374	56.29	3.69	5.12	1.43
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Germany, South Africa, USA, Other South & E Africa.
Wednesbury	1,828	2,398	31.18	3.72	4.83	1.11
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Bangladesh, Caribbean, Pakistan, Kenya.
Wednesfield	2,288	2,422	5.86	6.68	7.33	0.65
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Caribbean, Zimbabwe, Germany, Poland.
West Bromwich Central	4,539	4,842	6.68	9.33	10.89	1.56
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Caribbean, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Kenya.
Willenhall	1,389	1,678	20.81	3.53	4.44	0.91
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Caribbean, Pakistan, Germany, Hong Kong.
Wombourne	791	770	-2.65	1.98	1.98	0.00
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): India, Germany, Caribbean, Italy, Hong Kong.
Worcester E	893	1,406	57.45	2.65	3.50	0.85
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, Pakistan, Italy, India, South Africa.
Worcester W	1,903	2,529	32.90	3.96	4.76	0.80
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, Germany, Italy, India, Bangladesh.
Wrekin Rural	1,316	1,813	37.77	2.93	3.48	0.55
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, South Africa, Australia, Hong Kong.
Wrekin Urban	1,728	2,162	25.12	5.52	6.49	0.97
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, India, Germany, Caribbean, Japan.
Wyre Forest Rural	718	941	31.06	1.90	2.38	0.48
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Germany, India, Bangladesh, France, Poland.
Wyre Forest Urban	1,473	1,645	11.68	2.70	2.98	0.28
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Italy, Germany, India, Bangladesh, Poland.
Yardley E	1,508	2,188	45.09	3.43	5.08	1.65
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, Caribbean, India, Kenya, Germany.
Yardley W	1,406	2,262	60.88	5.39	8.61	3.22
Top 5 places of birth, 2001 (highest first): Pakistan, India, Caribbean, Bangladesh, Kenya.

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