Born outside the UK: every council in the UK

Brent had the highest born outside the UK of the UK’s 361 councils in 2021, at 56.1%.

Staffordshire Moorlands had the lowest, at 2.6%. The middle council, Wiltshire, had 9.9%.

Born outside the UK for every council in the UK, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
RankCouncilRegion or nationValue
1BrentLondonLondon56.1%
2WestminsterLondonLondon55.6%
3Kensington and ChelseaLondonLondon53.9%
4NewhamLondonLondon53.7%
5HarrowLondonLondon51.1%
6EalingLondonLondon50.8%
7City of LondonLondonLondon49.6%
8HounslowLondonLondon49.5%
9Tower HamletsLondonLondon46.8%
10HaringeyLondonLondon45.8%
11Hammersmith and FulhamLondonLondon45.5%
12CamdenLondonLondon45.4%
13SloughSouth EastSouth East44.0%
14RedbridgeLondonLondon43.6%
15BarnetLondonLondon43.2%
16Barking and DagenhamLondonLondon41.3%
17LeicesterEast MidlandsEast Midlands41.1%
18MertonLondonLondon40.9%
19SouthwarkLondonLondon40.7%
20EnfieldLondonLondon40.4%
21IslingtonLondonLondon39.9%
22HackneyLondonLondon39.7%
=23LambethLondonLondon38.6%
=23Waltham ForestLondonLondon38.6%
25HillingdonLondonLondon38.5%
26LutonEast of EnglandEast of England38.4%
27CambridgeEast of EnglandEast of England38.0%
28WandsworthLondonLondon37.9%
29GreenwichLondonLondon37.5%
30LewishamLondonLondon35.6%
31OxfordSouth EastSouth East35.0%
32CroydonLondonLondon34.9%
33WatfordEast of EnglandEast of England34.0%
34Kingston upon ThamesLondonLondon33.7%
35ReadingSouth EastSouth East33.5%
36ManchesterNorth WestNorth West31.4%
37Richmond upon ThamesLondonLondon28.8%
38PeterboroughEast of EnglandEast of England28.2%
39CoventryWest MidlandsWest Midlands27.9%
40SuttonLondonLondon27.8%
41CrawleySouth EastSouth East26.8%
42BirminghamWest MidlandsWest Midlands26.7%
43Milton KeynesSouth EastSouth East25.7%
44NottinghamEast MidlandsEast Midlands24.6%
45WokingSouth EastSouth East24.2%
46SouthamptonSouth EastSouth East24.1%
47RushmoorSouth EastSouth East23.8%
=48BostonEast MidlandsEast Midlands23.6%
=48SandwellWest MidlandsWest Midlands23.6%
50City of EdinburghScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland23.5%
=51HertsmereEast of EnglandEast of England22.9%
=51WolverhamptonWest MidlandsWest Midlands22.9%
53Welwyn HatfieldEast of EnglandEast of England22.0%
54Windsor and MaidenheadSouth EastSouth East21.7%
55Epsom and EwellSouth EastSouth East21.5%
=56BedfordEast of EnglandEast of England21.4%
=56ElmbridgeSouth EastSouth East21.4%
58Aberdeen CityScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland21.1%
=59BexleyLondonLondon21.0%
=59ThurrockEast of EnglandEast of England21.0%
61SpelthorneSouth EastSouth East20.9%
62SwindonSouth WestSouth West20.4%
63BromleyLondonLondon20.3%
64RunnymedeSouth EastSouth East19.9%
65DartfordSouth EastSouth East19.7%
=66Brighton and HoveSouth EastSouth East19.6%
=66DerbyEast MidlandsEast Midlands19.6%
=68HaveringLondonLondon19.4%
=68Oadby and WigstonEast MidlandsEast Midlands19.4%
70PrestonNorth WestNorth West19.3%
71GraveshamSouth EastSouth East19.2%
=72Glasgow CityScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland19.1%
=72GuildfordSouth EastSouth East19.1%
=74SalfordNorth WestNorth West19.0%
=74Three RiversEast of EnglandEast of England19.0%
76WokinghamSouth EastSouth East18.9%
=77BristolSouth WestSouth West18.8%
=77West NorthamptonshireEast MidlandsEast Midlands18.8%
79BradfordYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber18.7%
=80HarlowEast of EnglandEast of England18.3%
=80RugbyWest MidlandsWest Midlands18.3%
82Blackburn with DarwenNorth WestNorth West18.1%
83BroxbourneEast of EnglandEast of England17.9%
=84IpswichEast of EnglandEast of England17.7%
=84PendleNorth WestNorth West17.7%
=86CherwellSouth EastSouth East17.6%
=86NorwichEast of EnglandEast of England17.6%
=88Bracknell ForestSouth EastSouth East17.4%
=88Newcastle upon TyneNorth EastNorth East17.4%
90Surrey HeathSouth EastSouth East17.1%
=91St AlbansEast of EnglandEast of England17.0%
=91West SuffolkEast of EnglandEast of England17.0%
=93BoltonNorth WestNorth West16.9%
=93PortsmouthSouth EastSouth East16.9%
=95BuckinghamshireSouth EastSouth East16.6%
=95OldhamNorth WestNorth West16.6%
=97CardiffWalesWales16.5%
=97StevenageEast of EnglandEast of England16.5%
=99Reigate and BansteadSouth EastSouth East16.3%
=99WarwickWest MidlandsWest Midlands16.3%
101South CambridgeshireEast of EnglandEast of England16.2%
102LeedsYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber15.8%
=103Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth WestSouth West15.5%
=103North NorthamptonshireEast MidlandsEast Midlands15.5%
=103RochdaleNorth WestNorth West15.5%
106EastbourneSouth EastSouth East15.2%
107LincolnEast MidlandsEast Midlands15.1%
108ExeterSouth WestSouth West15.0%
=109Basingstoke and DeaneSouth EastSouth East14.9%
=109LiverpoolNorth WestNorth West14.9%
=109SheffieldYorkshire and The Humber

summed-from-output-areas

Yorkshire and The Humber14.9%
=109TraffordNorth WestNorth West14.9%
113WalsallWest MidlandsWest Midlands14.8%
=114CheltenhamSouth WestSouth West14.6%
=114South HollandEast MidlandsEast Midlands14.6%
116ColchesterEast of EnglandEast of England14.5%
117GloucesterSouth WestSouth West14.4%
118DacorumEast of EnglandEast of England14.3%
119Vale of White HorseSouth EastSouth East14.2%
120MaidstoneSouth EastSouth East14.0%
=121East StaffordshireWest MidlandsWest Midlands13.9%
=121Epping ForestEast of EnglandEast of England13.9%
123MedwaySouth EastSouth East13.8%
124Tunbridge WellsSouth EastSouth East13.5%
125AshfordSouth EastSouth East13.4%
=126CharnwoodEast MidlandsEast Midlands13.1%
=126Kingston upon HullYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber13.1%
=126Stoke-on-TrentWest MidlandsWest Midlands13.1%
=129CanterburySouth EastSouth East12.9%
=129Dundee CityScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland12.9%
=131BurnleyNorth WestNorth West12.8%
=131WorcesterWest MidlandsWest Midlands12.8%
=133South OxfordshireSouth EastSouth East12.7%
=133WaverleySouth EastSouth East12.7%
135KirkleesYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber12.6%
=136FenlandEast of EnglandEast of England12.5%
=136Southend-on-SeaEast of EnglandEast of England12.5%
=138HuntingdonshireEast of EnglandEast of England12.4%
=138Mole ValleySouth EastSouth East12.4%
140MiddlesbroughNorth EastNorth East12.3%
141NewportWalesWales12.2%
=142Bath and North East SomersetSouth WestSouth West12.1%
=142BuryNorth WestNorth West12.1%
=142WorthingSouth EastSouth East12.1%
145West BerkshireSouth EastSouth East12.0%
=146ChelmsfordEast of EnglandEast of England11.9%
=146Mid SussexSouth EastSouth East11.9%
=148BasildonEast of EnglandEast of England11.8%
=148East CambridgeshireEast of EnglandEast of England11.8%
=150BelfastNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland11.7%
=150HartSouth EastSouth East11.7%
152North HertfordshireEast of EnglandEast of England11.6%
153Nuneaton and BedworthWest MidlandsWest Midlands11.5%
=154HastingsSouth EastSouth East11.4%
=154RedditchWest MidlandsWest Midlands11.4%
=154Telford and WrekinWest MidlandsWest Midlands11.4%
157BrentwoodEast of EnglandEast of England11.2%
158Test ValleySouth EastSouth East11.1%
=159Central BedfordshireEast of EnglandEast of England11.0%
=159SevenoaksSouth EastSouth East11.0%
=159TandridgeSouth EastSouth East11.0%
=159WinchesterSouth EastSouth East11.0%
163Mid UlsterNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland10.9%
=164BrecklandEast of EnglandEast of England10.8%
=164East HertfordshireEast of EnglandEast of England10.8%
=164MansfieldEast MidlandsEast Midlands10.8%
=164YorkYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber10.8%
168ArunSouth EastSouth East10.7%
=169South GloucestershireSouth WestSouth West10.6%
=169West OxfordshireSouth EastSouth East10.6%
=171Armagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland10.5%
=171Folkestone and HytheSouth EastSouth East10.5%
173DoncasterYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber10.4%
=174HorshamSouth EastSouth East10.3%
=174King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of EnglandEast of England10.3%
=174SolihullWest MidlandsWest Midlands10.3%
=174TamesideNorth WestNorth West10.3%
178BroxtoweEast MidlandsEast Midlands10.2%
179ChichesterSouth EastSouth East10.1%
180Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland10.0%
181WiltshireSouth WestSouth West9.9%
=182Great YarmouthEast of EnglandEast of England9.8%
=182ThanetSouth EastSouth East9.8%
184BlabyEast MidlandsEast Midlands9.6%
=185East HampshireSouth EastSouth East9.5%
=185LancasterNorth WestNorth West9.5%
=185StirlingScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland9.5%
=188North LincolnshireYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber9.4%
=188StockportNorth WestNorth West9.4%
=188SwanseaWalesWales9.4%
=188WarringtonNorth WestNorth West9.4%
192EastleighSouth EastSouth East9.3%
=193PlymouthSouth WestSouth West9.2%
=193West LothianScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland9.2%
=195HyndburnNorth WestNorth West9.0%
=195Perth and KinrossScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland9.0%
=195Tonbridge and MallingSouth EastSouth East9.0%
=198LewesSouth EastSouth East8.9%
=198South KestevenEast MidlandsEast Midlands8.9%
=200CotswoldSouth WestSouth West8.8%
=200Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland8.8%
202UttlesfordEast of EnglandEast of England8.7%
203HerefordshireWest MidlandsWest Midlands8.6%
=204CalderdaleYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber8.5%
=204SomersetSouth West

summed-from-output-areas

South West8.5%
=204WakefieldYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber8.5%
=207DoverSouth EastSouth East8.4%
=207North SomersetSouth WestSouth West8.4%
=207Stratford-on-AvonWest MidlandsWest Midlands8.4%
=210Cheshire EastNorth WestNorth West8.3%
=210RushcliffeEast MidlandsEast Midlands8.3%
=210RutlandEast MidlandsEast Midlands8.3%
=213TewkesburySouth WestSouth West8.2%
=213WychavonWest MidlandsWest Midlands8.2%
=215AdurSouth EastSouth East8.1%
=215East RenfrewshireScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland8.1%
=217FifeScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland8.0%
=217SwaleSouth EastSouth East8.0%
=219BlackpoolNorth WestNorth West7.9%
=219DudleyWest MidlandsWest Midlands7.9%
=219WrexhamWalesWales7.9%
222DarlingtonNorth EastNorth East7.8%
223MidlothianScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland7.7%
=224GedlingEast MidlandsEast Midlands7.6%
=224WealdenSouth EastSouth East7.6%
=226HighlandScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland7.5%
=226Lisburn and CastlereaghNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland7.5%
=226RotherSouth EastSouth East7.5%
=226StaffordWest MidlandsWest Midlands7.5%
=230East LothianScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland7.4%
=230GatesheadNorth EastNorth East7.4%
=232AberdeenshireScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland7.3%
=232Cheshire West and ChesterNorth WestNorth West7.3%
=232GosportSouth EastSouth East7.3%
=232Newark and SherwoodEast MidlandsEast Midlands7.3%
=236BraintreeEast of EnglandEast of England7.2%
=236Derry City and StrabaneNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland7.2%
=236HarboroughEast MidlandsEast Midlands7.2%
=239CeredigionWalesWales7.1%
=239RenfrewshireScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland7.1%
=239TorbaySouth WestSouth West7.1%
242South NorfolkEast of EnglandEast of England7.0%
243New ForestSouth EastSouth East6.9%
=244FarehamSouth EastSouth East6.8%
=244Newcastle-under-LymeWest MidlandsWest Midlands6.8%
=244RotherhamYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber6.8%
=247Antrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland6.7%
=247BassetlawEast MidlandsEast Midlands6.7%
=247TamworthWest MidlandsWest Midlands6.7%
=250North East LincolnshireYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber6.6%
=250North YorkshireYorkshire and The Humber

summed-from-output-areas

Yorkshire and The Humber6.6%
=250StroudSouth WestSouth West6.6%
=253DorsetSouth WestSouth West6.5%
=253FlintshireWalesWales6.5%
=253Mid and East AntrimNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland6.5%
=253MorayScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland6.5%
=257Argyll and ButeScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland6.4%
=257BarnsleyYorkshire and The Humber

summed-from-output-areas

Yorkshire and The Humber6.4%
=257HavantSouth EastSouth East6.4%
=257SeftonNorth WestNorth West6.4%
=261MeltonEast MidlandsEast Midlands6.3%
=261South HamsSouth WestSouth West6.3%
=263East DevonSouth WestSouth West6.2%
=263East DunbartonshireScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland6.2%
=263Hinckley and BosworthEast MidlandsEast Midlands6.2%
=263Mid DevonSouth WestSouth West6.2%
=263Stockton-on-TeesNorth EastNorth East6.2%
=263WiganNorth WestNorth West6.2%
=269Isle of WightSouth EastSouth East6.1%
=269North KestevenEast MidlandsEast Midlands6.1%
=269North West LeicestershireEast MidlandsEast Midlands6.1%
=272ClackmannanshireScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland6.0%
=272East SuffolkEast of EnglandEast of England6.0%
=272FyldeNorth WestNorth West6.0%
=272Scottish BordersScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland6.0%
=272South DerbyshireEast MidlandsEast Midlands6.0%
=272West LancashireNorth WestNorth West6.0%
278ShropshireWest MidlandsWest Midlands5.9%
=279AngusScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland5.8%
=279Ards and North DownNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland5.8%
=279Malvern HillsWest MidlandsWest Midlands5.8%
=279Vale of GlamorganWalesWales5.8%
=283AshfieldEast MidlandsEast Midlands5.7%
=283BaberghEast of EnglandEast of England5.7%
=283BolsoverEast MidlandsEast Midlands5.7%
=283FalkirkScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland5.7%
=287BroadlandEast of EnglandEast of England5.6%
=287Merthyr TydfilWalesWales5.6%
=287Mid SuffolkEast of EnglandEast of England5.6%
=290Isles of ScillySouth WestSouth West5.5%
=290MonmouthshireWalesWales5.5%
=290North DevonSouth WestSouth West5.5%
=290North TynesideNorth EastNorth East5.5%
=294GwyneddWalesWales5.4%
=294West DevonSouth WestSouth West5.4%
=294WirralNorth WestNorth West5.4%
=297CornwallSouth WestSouth West5.3%
=297ErewashEast MidlandsEast Midlands5.3%
=299ConwyWalesWales5.2%
=299KnowsleyNorth WestNorth West5.2%
=299TeignbridgeSouth WestSouth West5.2%
=302CarmarthenshireWalesWales5.1%
=302Forest of DeanSouth WestSouth West5.1%
=302North LanarkshireScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland5.1%
=302Shetland IslandsScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland5.1%
=302SunderlandNorth EastNorth East5.1%
=302Westmorland and FurnessNorth West

summed-from-output-areas

North West5.1%
=308ChorleyNorth WestNorth West5.0%
=308East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and The HumberYorkshire and The Humber5.0%
=308RossendaleNorth WestNorth West5.0%
=308South LanarkshireScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland5.0%
=308South RibbleNorth WestNorth West5.0%
=308St. HelensNorth WestNorth West5.0%
=308TendringEast of EnglandEast of England5.0%
=308Wyre ForestWest MidlandsWest Midlands5.0%
=316ChesterfieldEast MidlandsEast Midlands4.9%
=316West LindseyEast MidlandsEast Midlands4.9%
=318BromsgroveWest MidlandsWest Midlands4.8%
=318Castle PointEast of EnglandEast of England4.8%
=318Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland4.8%
=318HaltonNorth WestNorth West4.8%
=318LichfieldWest MidlandsWest Midlands4.8%
=318PembrokeshireWalesWales4.8%
=318PowysWalesWales4.8%
325DenbighshireWalesWales4.7%
326North NorfolkEast of EnglandEast of England4.6%
=327CumberlandNorth West

summed-from-output-areas

North West4.5%
=327MaldonEast of EnglandEast of England4.5%
=327West DunbartonshireScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland4.5%
=330County DurhamNorth EastNorth East4.4%
=330Orkney IslandsScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland4.4%
=330South TynesideNorth EastNorth East4.4%
=333BridgendWalesWales4.3%
=333North WarwickshireWest MidlandsWest Midlands4.3%
=333South AyrshireScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland4.3%
=336Dumfries and GallowayScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland4.2%
=336High PeakEast MidlandsEast Midlands4.2%
=336Ribble ValleyNorth WestNorth West4.2%
339East LindseyEast MidlandsEast Midlands4.1%
=340HartlepoolNorth EastNorth East4.0%
=340RochfordEast of EnglandEast of England4.0%
=340TorridgeSouth WestSouth West4.0%
=343Derbyshire DalesEast MidlandsEast Midlands3.8%
=343WyreNorth WestNorth West3.8%
=345Amber ValleyEast MidlandsEast Midlands3.7%
=345Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland3.7%
=345Rhondda Cynon TafWalesWales3.7%
=348Cannock ChaseWest MidlandsWest Midlands3.6%
=348Neath Port TalbotWalesWales3.6%
=348TorfaenWalesWales3.6%
=351InverclydeScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland3.5%
=351NorthumberlandNorth EastNorth East3.5%
353North AyrshireScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland3.4%
=354Isle of AngleseyWalesWales3.3%
=354South StaffordshireWest MidlandsWest Midlands3.3%
=356Blaenau GwentWalesWales3.2%
=356East AyrshireScotland

summed-from-data-zones census-2022

Scotland3.2%
358North East DerbyshireEast MidlandsEast Midlands3.1%
=359CaerphillyWalesWales2.9%
=359Redcar and ClevelandNorth EastNorth East2.9%
361Staffordshire MoorlandsWest MidlandsWest Midlands2.6%

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