Spaniards in the United Kingdom
Distribution of Spanish citizens by local authority in England, Wales, & Northern Ireland | |
| Total population | |
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| Spanish-born residents in the United Kingdom: 180,444 (2021/22 census) England: 163,848 (2021 census) Wales: 3,068 (2021 census) Scotland: 12,208 (2022 census) Northern Ireland: 1,320 (2021 census) Spanish citizens/passports held: 216,728 (England and Wales only, 2021) Citizens registered with Spanish consulate 102,498 (2016) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| West London (Kensington, Chelsea, Lambeth, Holborn), Manchester, Bristol, Nottingham, Cambridge | |
| Languages | |
| British English, Peninsular Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Basque | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Roman Catholic | |
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Spaniards in the United Kingdom are people of Spanish descent resident in Britain. They may be British citizens or non-citizen immigrants. In the 2021 census for England and Wales, 81,150 people self-identified as ethnic Spanish.