Data compiled during last year’s census in Northern Ireland and Britain shows that the number of Irish-born living in England and Wales has fallen sharply from years past.
The Irish Times reports on the data from last year’s census, which does not reflect the new trend of Irish emigration over the past 18 months. Census data shows that the number of Irish-born in England and Wales has fallen from 628,800 in 2001 to 504,900 last year.
The drop accounts for a shift from 1.2 percent Irish-born in 2001 to only 0.9 percent in 2011. Despite that, the number of other “white” populations has risen by 2.6 points to 4.4 percent, with the rise attributed partly to the EU enlargement in 2004.
The Irish population in Britain shows a trend of decline over several decades. In the 1970s, it fell by 50,000. In the early 1980s, it fell by over 100,000, but bounced back up by 80,000 following that decade’s upswing in Irish emigration.
The number of Irish passport holders in Britain also fell from the top spot in the 2001 census. In 2001, there were 473,000 Irish passport holders in Britain, just 20,000 ahead of Indian passport holders. Last year’s census showed that the number of Irish passport holders fell to 407,000, while the Indians bounced to the top spot with 694,000.
The census data also showed that there are 36,000 people from the Republic of Ireland who were working in London. Scotland, the southwest and southeast of England, Yorkshire and Humberside and Merseyside have fewer than 10,000 Irish workers each. The East Midlands has 36,000.
The total population now stands at 56.1 million, an increase of 3.7 million people from a decade ago, a seven-point rise. 55 percent of the 3.7 million people increase is attributed to immigration into the country. The changing demographic of the country is reflected in London, where less than half of all Londoners are white British.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.STEVENSTAR | Dec 16, 2012, 11:21 PM EST
PPS AND AS AN IRISHMAN FROM CORK WHO HAS LIVED IN AMERICA FOR A YEAR , AND IN THE UK FOR 7 YEARS GIVE ME ENGLAND ANY DAY WHERE OUR CULTURES ARE MORE SIMILAR... ITS VERY TIRING TO BE IRISH IN AMERICA WHERE WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO ALL THESE STEREOTYPES OF BEEN DRUNK AND THE BLARNEY STONE AND LISTENING ABOUT YOUR LONG DISTANT RELATIVES AND YOUR ROOTS ... BLA BLA WHAT A LOAD OF BULL U GUYS GO ON WITH..
STEVENSTAR | Dec 16, 2012, 11:18 PM EST
@angrypaddy | Dec 16, 2012, 12:55 AM EST I DONT KNOW WHAT ERA YOUR FROM MATE BUT IM IRISH I LIVE IN IRELAND AND MOST IRISH THESE DAYS ARE WELL EDUCATED AND HAVE DEGREESS THE DAYS OF THE 60S 70S AND 80S WHERE 'PADDIES' AS U CALL THEM MOVED TO AMERICA TO WORK IN PUBS AND BUILDING SITES ARE LONG GONE... MOST NOW MOVE TO LONDON TO WORK IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR OR MOVE TO AUSTRALIA AS ENGINEERS OR ARCHITECTS ETC ...OR OVER TO CANADA THE DAYS OF IRISH MOVING TO AMERICA ARE LONG GONE MY FRIEND... I TAKE IT THAT YOUR AMERICAN AS IN EUROPE WE DONT REALLY USE THE WORD PADDY ANYMORE...
STEVENSTAR | Dec 16, 2012, 11:13 PM EST
WELL NOW THAT WE ARE IN RESCESSION AGAIN MOST YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE MOVED OVER TO LONDON TO GET WORK OR GONE TO AUSTRALIA TO GET WORK... THE DAYS OF GOING TO AMERICA ARE LONG GONE DUE TO IMMENCE VISA RESTRICTIONS...SO THANK GOD FOR ENGLAND AND THE UK....ALL THIS BULL ABOUT AMERICANS LOVING THE IRISH IS JUST THAT BULL...!!!!
ciaradexy | Dec 16, 2012, 12:15 PM EST
Is that why your family emigrated Angry? Are you from a family of drunks?
angrypaddy | Dec 16, 2012, 12:55 AM EST
The real reason is when Paddy emigrates he discovers that the world does not revolve around a pint of Guinness and that drunkness is not accrpted as normal behavour
citizen69 | Dec 14, 2012, 01:49 PM EST
I guess the reason for the fall in numbers was due to Ireland's economy during the 'Celtic Tiger' era. I suppose those figures are reverting back now that the Irish are emigrating again.
Seanmor | Dec 14, 2012, 10:25 AM EST
Emigrants from the Southern Irish state are very fortunate that they are always aaccepted across the sea in England and other parts of G.B., where seldom is there any distinction made between them are those who emigrate to England from the northern part of Ireland.