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Foreign Nationals

Volume 448: debated on Thursday 6 July 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many foreign nationals have set up residence in Northern Ireland in the last two years, broken down by country of origin. (80108)

This information is not held. However, the 2001 census provides figures on the country of birth of residents in Northern Ireland. This can be accessed at www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census/excel/ks05dc.xls

Table KS05: Country of birth

Percentage of persons born in:

Area

All persons

Northern Ireland

England

Scotland

Wales

Republic of Ireland

Other EU Countries1

Elsewhere

Northern Ireland

1,685,267

91.04

3.66

1.00

0.18

2.32

0.61

1.20

Local Government District

Antrim

48,366

87.04

7.30

1.62

0.48

1.35

0.84

1.37

Ards

73,244

92.25

3.71

1.05

0.20

1.20

0.47

1.12

Armagh

54,263

91.66

2.92

0.64

0.11

3.41

0.53

0.73

Ballymena

58,610

93.88

2.78

0.97

0.11

0.89

0.46

0.91

Ballymoney

26,894

94.97

2.62

0.66

0.08

0.86

0.28

0.54

Banbridge

41,392

93.77

2.87

0.69

0.14

1.30

0.41

0.84

Belfast

277,391

91.36

2.95

0.80

0.14

1.96

0.96

1.82

Carrickfergus

37,659

91.37

4.25

1.21

0.19

0.95

0.57

1.46

Castlereagh

66,488

92.10

3.11

0.96

0.16

1.55

0.45

1.67

Coleraine

56,315

90.21

3.95

1.22

0.21

2.35

0.58

1.48

Cookstown

32,581

94.69

2.33

0.56

0.10

1.18

0.32

0.83

Craigavon

80,671

92.85

3.25

0.77

0.13

1.47

0.57

0.96

Derry

105,066

88.15

3.99

1.03

0.14

5.11

0.65

0.93

Down

63,828

91.32

4.50

0.80

0.23

1.62

0.44

1.10

Dungannon

47,735

93.10

2.58

0.50

0.07

2.48

0.48

0.79

Fermanagh

57,527

87.00

4.05

0.62

0.13

7.13

0.37

0.69

Larne

30,832

93.04

3.34

1.31

0.17

0.92

0.40

0.83

Limavady

32,422

89.28

4.26

2.41

0.71

1.68

0.56

1.10

Lisburn

108,694

90.06

5.02

1.10

0.26

1.45

0.87

1.25

Magherafelt

39,780

95.18

2.03

0.57

0.07

1.12

0.30

0.72

Moyle

15,933

91.87

3.57

1.46

0.14

1.52

0.62

0.83

Newry and Mourne

87,058

90.01

3.26

0.60

0.13

4.58

0.59

0.82

Newtownabbey

79,995

93.15

2.99

0.88

0.15

1.08

0.40

1.36

North Down

76,323

86.14

6.23

2.69

0.32

1.96

0.81

1.85

Omagh

47,952

90.77

4.26

0.66

0.16

2.52

0.58

1.04

Strabane

38,248

89.70

2.40

1.15

0.05

6.05

0.27

0.39

Health and Social Services Board

Eastern

665,968

90.72

3.91

1.11

0.20

1.72

0.78

1.57

Northern

426,965

92.38

3.57

1.03

0.18

1.24

0.48

1.11

Southern

311,119

92.01

3.04

0.65

0.12

2.81

0.53

0.84

Western

281,215

88.70

3.86

1.06

0.19

4.81

0.52

0.85

Education and Library Board

Belfast

277,391

91.36

2.95

0.80

0.14

1.96

0.96

1.82

North Eastern

394,384

92.19

3.67

1.07

0.19

1.25

0.50

1.14

South Eastern

388,577

90.26

4.60

1.33

0.24

1.55

0.64

1.39

Southern

343,700

92.26

2.97

0.64

0.12

2.66

0.51

0.84

Western

281,215

88.70

3.86

1.06

0.19

4.81

0.52

0.85

Parliamentary Constituency

Belfast East

79,261

91.76

3.53

1.07

0.19

1.30

0.57

1.59

Belfast North

86,066

93.62

2.62

0.73

0.11

1.28

0.63

1.01

Belfast South

94,994

86.79

3.97

1.04

0.20

3.43

1.21

3.37

Belfast West

87,610

94.78

1.58

0.38

0.07

1.27

1.12

0.80

East Antrim

84,062

91.83

3.75

1.21

0.19

1.08

0.52

1.43

East Londonderry

88,737

89.87

4.06

1.65

0.39

2.10

0.58

1.34

Fermanagh and South Tyrone

91,127

89.05

3.55

0.58

0.11

5.54

0.42

0.75

Foyle

105,066

88.15

3.99

1.03

0.14

5.11

0.65

0.93

Lagan Valley

101,696

89.74

5.29

1.18

0.28

1.44

0.77

1.31

Mid Ulster

86,496

94.86

2.19

0.56

0.08

1.23

0.33

0.75

Newry and Armagh

100,950

90.35

3.02

0.59

0.11

4.62

0.56

0.75

North Antrim

101,437

93.85

2.86

0.96

0.11

0.98

0.44

0.80

North Down

85,992

86.60

6.07

2.54

0.32

1.91

0.79

1.78

South Antrim

99,810

90.63

4.98

1.19

0.30

1.12

0.57

1.20

South Down

104,658

91.54

3.94

0.73

0.19

2.10

0.50

0.99

Strangford

98,158

92.64

3.39

0.96

0.18

1.19

0.44

1.21

Upper Bann

102,947

92.83

3.29

0.77

0.14

1.48

0.54

0.95

West Tyrone

86,200

90.29

3.44

0.87

0.11

4.09

0.44

0.75

NUTS Level III

Belfast

277,391

91.36

2.95

0.80

0.14

1.96

0.96

1.82

Outer Belfast

369,159

90.42

4.41

1.36

0.22

1.44

0.65

1.50

East of Northern Ireland

396,943

92.05

3.92

0.99

0.20

1.28

0.52

1.03

North of Northern Ireland

274,878

89.80

3.63

1.24

0.20

3.64

0.54

0.94

West and South of Northern Ireland

366,896

91.26

3.16

0.60

0.12

3.59

0.48

0.80

1 European Union as defined on census day (29 April 2001). ‘Other EU countries’ includes United Kingdom; part not specified and Ireland; part not specified.