trends in international migration in suffolk these slides were prepared for ucs workshop 8 th...

Trends in International Migration in Suffolk

These slides were prepared for UCS Workshop 8th November 2013 by Belinda Godbold & Mary Moore from

Business Development in Suffolk County Council.

They are not part of a specific research project, just a series of graphs using the latest data available. The data is sourced from ONS population estimates, 2011 census and a paper on

Non-UK born Short Term Residents in Suffolk.

Business Development

International Migration ONS Business Development

International migration to/from Suffolk

-6,000

-4,000

-2,000

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Year ending mid-

Nu

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of

res

ide

nts

Gross inflow Gross outflow Net flow

Business Development

Business Development

From EU member countries Business Development

687

345

400

619

314

273

242

125

EU accession April 2001- March 2011 Business Development

813

992

982434

227

377

340227

190

Other country (not EU) Business Development

2,341

2,552

1,146

793

689

1,627

1,343

1,095

762847

1,426

NI registrations 2002-12NI registrations 2002 - 12

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

02-03

03-Apr

04-May

05-06

06-07

07-08

08-09

09-10

10-Nov

11-Dec

Dec-12

Financial year

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Babergh Forest Heath Ipswich Mid Suffolk

St Edmundsbury Suffolk Coastal Waveney

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Age of short term migrants

Age of short term migrants 2011 census

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0-14

15-64

65+

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1303 short term migrants (3 -12 months in Suffolk) in 2011 census

12% of Suffolk short term migrants are aged 0-14 compared to England 6%

Sources of informationLong term migration into and out of the UK;

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/interactive/theme-pages-1-1/index.htmlAnd, then in connection with the census• Local Characteristics on migration for Output areas including short

stories analysing migration including:– Country of birth and passports held

as key measures of the migrant population in England and Wales.– Economically active foreign nationals in England and Wales.– Non-UK born residents in England and Wales.– International migration in the UK. 

Other sites include: • The Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford

http://www.migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/briefings/east-england-census-profile

• BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20677515• Suffolk Observatory• Non UK born short term residents in Suffolk