One in six people living in England and Wales born outside UK, census reveals

Of 10 million residents born outside the UK, four in 10 arrived in the last decade. Photograph: Andrew Paterson/Alamy

One in six people living in England and Wales in 2021 were born outside the UK, according to the latest census figures.

About 10 million people usually resident in England and Wales were born outside the UK on census day, 21 March 2021, up from 7.5 million at the time of the last census in 2011.