There were fewer non-UK short-term residents in South Hams in 2021 than there were a decade prior, new census figures show.
The Office for National Statistics said non-UK-born short-term residents represent a small group of census 2021 respondents. But it added they are an important group who contribute to the labour market and student population in England and Wales.
The ONS defines a short-term resident as anyone who was born outside the UK, arrived within a year before census day and intended to stay for a period of less than 12 months.
People who stayed or intended to stay for less than three months were not asked to take the survey.
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How and where to dispose of your Christmas treeIn South Hams there were 75 non-UK short-term residents when the census took place in March 2021 – down from 127 in 2011.
The 2021 figure is rounded to the nearest five.
Nationally, 136,000 non-UK short-term residents were recorded in 2021. It was a fall from 195,000 short-term residents a decade prior.
Almost a third of short-term residents lived in London (29%).
The ONS said the recent census provides a snapshot of the nations during the pandemic, when travel patterns were disrupted, and people could not freely move between countries. This had a significant impact on short-term residents.
Westminster and City of London (1.43%), and Cardiff (0.56%) were the English and Welsh local authorities with the highest percentage of non-UK-born short-term residents in their total population.
Non-UK short-term residents made up 0.08% of South Hams's population.
Compared with the 2011 census, the proportion of EU-born short-term residents in the two nations fell from 35% to 25% in 2021, while the proportion of non-EU-born residents rose from 65% to 75%.
In the South West there were 2,620 EU short-term residents recorded (27%) and 6,960 non-EU (73%) in the recent census.
It is a change from a decade before when 4,251 (37%) EU short-term residents and 7,236 (63%) non-EU short-term residents were recorded.
Across England and Wales, China was the most common country of birth for non-UK-born short-term residents (21%) followed by India (10%) and Romania (5%). In 2011 the top countries were India (11%), China (11%), the United States (5%) and France (5%).