Variety of individuals with a number of passports in England and Wales doubles in decade
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he variety of individuals with a number of passports in England and Wales has doubled in a decade.
There was a five-fold enhance in individuals born within the UK holding each British and EU passports, the evaluation of Census 2021 figures confirmed.
While the change has been partly pushed by migration over the last decade, with extra individuals transferring to the UK from the EU, it’s also thought extra individuals have taken up extra passports after Brexit, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) mentioned.
In 2021, a complete of 1.26 million typical residents of England and Wales held a number of passports (2.1%), up from 612,000 (1.1%) in 2011.
The majority – 84.4% or 50.3 million – of typical residents throughout the 2 nations held just one passport in 2021.
While the variety of UK/EU passports held elevated by 5 instances over the 10-year interval for UK-born residents, there had been a three-fold rise for non-UK-born residents since 2011.
There was additionally a five-fold enhance in UK-born residents holding each British and Irish passports throughout the time interval.
The rise in twin residents can also recommend higher uptake of extra passports following the tip of free motion when the UK left the European Union
Jay Lindop, from the ONS, mentioned: “The number of people with dual citizenship has doubled since 2011, with more than 1.2 million usual residents in England and Wales now holding multiple passports.
“This change has been partly driven by migration over the decade, with an increase in people moving here from the EU. As people who have settled in England and Wales go on to have children, we can see an increase in dual citizenship among the younger ages.
“The rise in dual citizens may also suggest greater uptake of additional passports following the end of free movement when the UK left the European Union.”
There had been age variations amongst twin residents, with the rise in UK-born British and European twin residents pushed by youthful age teams, however British/Irish passport holders being older, the ONS mentioned.
More than half (58.7% ) of twin residents born within the UK and holding each UK and EU passports had been aged underneath 16, whereas simply over a 3rd (36.7%) of UK and non-EU twin residents had been underneath 16.
UK/EU twin residents had a median age of 12, whereas for EU-only passport holders it was eight-years-old on common.
Non-EU twin residents had a median age of twenty-two, and UK/Irish twin residents had been older, with a median age of 47.
For Irish-only passport holders, the median age was 33.
An increase in UK/Irish twin residents throughout the last decade was most obvious in these aged 50 to 70-years-old, the ONS mentioned, including that this urged many solely took up their twin nationality extra just lately regardless of transferring to England and Wales years in the past.
The prime 5 UK/EU passports for UK-born twin residents had been primarily held by youngsters or younger adults, with Ireland having the one older inhabitants, the ONS mentioned.
For UK/French and UK/German passport holders the median age was 15, for UK/Polish it was seven and for UK/Italian it was 20.
The 5 commonest non-EU passports for UK-born twin residents confirmed a greater variety of common ages, with UK-Australian having a median age of 39, UK-US being 21, UK-Nigerian was 19, UK-Canadian was 36, and UK-New Zealand was 28.
The ONS mentioned the younger ages of most UK/different twin residents urged they had been the youngsters of first-generation migrants.
The statistics physique mentioned the explanations for holding a number of passports had been more likely to differ between those that held a UK passport first and those that held a non-UK passport first, noting that the census didn’t acquire knowledge on when passports had been acquired.
Looking extra carefully on the areas the place twin residents are primarily based within the two nations, the ONS discovered that greater than a 3rd (39.1%) of all UK-born holders of UK and EU passports in England and Wales had been dwelling in London on the time of the 2021 census.
Around a fifth had been primarily based within the South East (20.3%).
These figures are nicely above all different areas, with the North East accounting for just one.4% of the overall.
It was an identical image for UK-born holders of UK and non-EU passports, with simply over a 3rd (34.7%) primarily based in London and a fifth within the South East (20.2%), whereas just one.9% had been within the North East.
Meanwhile, almost one in 10 (9.6%) UK-born residents within the London borough of Kensington & Chelsea had been twin passport holders – the best proportion for any native authority in England and Wales and up from 5.4% in 2011.
Westminster & the City of London had the subsequent highest proportion (7.2%), adopted by the London boroughs of Hammersmith & Fulham (7.1%) and Camden (7.0%).
Cambridge had the best proportion exterior London (5.5%), adopted by Oxford (5.0%) and Elmbridge in Surrey (4.0%).
Of the highest 50 native authorities with the best proportion of UK-born residents who had been twin passport holders, solely 4 had been exterior south-east England: Bristol, Cambridge, Exeter and South Cambridgeshire.
By distinction, 11 of the highest 50 areas with the best proportion of non-UK-born twin residents had been exterior the South East, together with Craven in North Yorkshire, Bath & North East Somerset and High Peak in Derbyshire.
Sevenoaks in Kent topped this listing (16.1%), adopted by Elmbridge (15.7%) after which Richmond-upon-Thames in London and Waverley in Surrey (each 14.5%).
In Wales, Cardiff had the best proportion of UK-born residents who’re twin passport holders (1.1%), adopted by Monmouthshire and Ceredigion (each 0.7%).
Monmouthshire had the best determine for non-UK-born residents with a number of passports (9.7%), adopted by Vale of Glamorgan (8.5%) and Conwy (8.2%).