Demographics Portuguese in the United Kingdom

1 demographics

1.1 population
1.2 population distribution
1.3 languages

demographics
population

the 2001 uk census recorded 36,555 portuguese-born people resident in uk. more recent estimates office national statistics put figure @ 107,000 in 2013. 2011 census recorded 88,161 portuguese-born residents in england , wales. censuses of scotland , northern ireland recorded 1,908 , 1,996 portuguese-born residents respectively. other sources estimate portuguese community larger, editor of portuguese-language newspaper putting number of portuguese passport holders in london alone @ 350,000. according academics josé carlos pina almeida , david corkill, writing in 2010, estimates of portuguese population of uk range 80,000 700,000.

almeida , corkill report portuguese-speaking groups in uk characterised diversity of country of origin. research published in 2007 found approximately 30 per cent of portuguese nationals registered consulate in london born outside of portugal, 6 countries of birth featuring prominently: angola, india (which took on former portuguese territories of goa, daman , diu in 1961), mozambique, brazil, south africa , macau (those associated macau before china took on in 1999 or such parent eligible portuguese citizenship). almeida , corkill argue many migrants these countries lived in portugal before migrating onwards uk, , note portugal s european union accession in 1986 permitted colonial subjects possessed portuguese passport gain entry other member states , including uk.

population distribution

of 88,161 portuguese-born residents of england , wales recorded 2011 census, vast majority living in england. english region largest concentration of portuguese-born residents london, accounting half of total england , wales population. south east had second-largest concentration, closely followed east of england. within london, largest concentrations in boroughs of lambeth (6,992 portuguese-born residents) , brent (3,076). vauxhall in lambeth long-standing hub portuguese community . outside of london, norfolk county largest concentration (3,418 portuguese-born residents). within norfolk, 1,455 portuguese-born people living in breckland, includes town of thetford, has been noted large portuguese population.

languages

according 2011 census, portuguese tenth commonly spoken language in england , wales, 133,453 speakers. study undertaken in 2000 found portuguese 14th common mother tongue amongst school children in london. there small community of kriolu speakers in greenwich. kriolu portuguese-african creole language originating in cape verde.