Appendix 5: Migration by local authority area
1.Within the UK the local level of migration is varied. London has the highest population of migrants (both those born abroad and foreign nationals). Figure 5 shows the local authorities with the highest proportion of non-British nationals.
Figure 5: Estimates of non-British National per 1,000 resident population by local authority district, 2015
2.However, some areas of the UK with a relatively low population of migrants have experienced a significant recent increase in foreign born residents. For example, Boston in Lincolnshire has a total foreign born population of 15.4 per cent, but this population has grown by 467 per cent between 2001 and 2011.200
200 Migration Observatory: ‘East Midlands: Census Profile’, July 2013: http://www.migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/east-midlands-census-profile/ [accessed 12 July 2017]