2001 Census: Country of Birth

Summary Table:

This table gives information about Country of Birth for all people. The question provided tick boxes for parts of the UK and Republic of Ireland and people born in all other countries were asked to write the current name of their country of birth. The ONS Geography Classification of Countries was then used to code the replies. All people are included in this table.

	All People	Born in UK	Born in Other European Countries	Born in Africa	Born in Asia	Born in North America	Born in South America	Born in Oceania	Born in Other Area
Basingstoke and Deane	152,579	93.42	2.76	1.15	1.65	0.58	0.11	0.31	0.03
East Hampshire	109,280	93.48	2.80	1.08	1.43	0.64	0.13	0.43	0.02
Eastleigh	116,165	95.06	2.10	0.78	1.35	0.38	0.08	0.23	0.02
Fareham	107,990	95.24	2.14	0.68	1.19	0.44	0.08	0.21	0.03
Gosport	76,429	95.37	2.34	0.51	1.17	0.36	0.06	0.16	0.02
Hart	83,488	92.51	3.24	1.24	1.77	0.69	0.10	0.44	0.02
Havant	116,863	95.76	2.05	0.56	1.06	0.32	0.07	0.15	0.02
New Forest	169,333	95.29	2.06	0.80	1.04	0.41	0.08	0.29	0.02
Rushmoor	90,991	91.80	3.76	0.96	2.54	0.52	0.10	0.27	0.05
Test Valley	109,791	94.00	2.86	0.85	1.40	0.50	0.07	0.31	0.03
Winchester	107,226	92.83	2.92	1.13	1.72	0.78	0.10	0.49	0.03
Portsmouth UA	186,692	92.47	3.00	1.01	2.78	0.33	0.10	0.23	0.07
Southampton UA	217,451	91.14	3.25	1.38	3.09	0.62	0.14	0.29	0.07
Hampshire	1,240,135	94.15	2.59	0.89	1.45	0.51	0.09	0.30	0.03
Hampshire (Including Portsmouth and Southampton)	1,644,278	93.56	2.72	0.97	1.82	0.50	0.10	0.29	0.04

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Commentary

Hampshire County

Between 1991 and 2001 the percentage of Hampshire’s population born in the UK declined slightly, from 94.94 per cent to 94.15 per cent, but the 2001 figure was above the England average of 91.08 per cent. All other countries of birth accounted for much smaller percentages of the population.  

Within the County there was variation; Rushmoor had the smallest percentage of the population born in the UK in 2001 (91.80 per cent) while Havant had the highest (95.76 per cent). Rushmoor also held the largest percentage of people born in other European countries and in Asia. The smallest percentages of the population born in other European Countries, North America and Oceania were found in Havant.

Portsmouth and Southampton

In Portsmouth and Southampton the percentage of the population born in the UK declined between 1991 and 2001, from 95.08 per cent to 92.47 per cent in Portsmouth, and 93.35 to 91.14 per cent in Southampton.

Persons born in other European countries made up approximately 3 per cent of the populations of both cities in 2001. Southampton contained a larger percentage of the population born in Asia, Africa and North America than Portsmouth, but the percentages born in South America, Oceania and Other countries were similar across the two cities.