Oxford birth rate reflects diversity

The latest chart of the month produced by the City Council’s Social Research officer shows how the increasing birth rate is making Oxford a yet more diverse and international city

Births to UK-born mothers have remained stable over the last decade, and the increase over the last decade has been largely caused by increased births to mothers born in the European Union and Asia. Most of the EU increase has come from mothers born in one of the new (post 2004) eastern European EU states.
In Oxford nearly half of births (47%) in 2010 were to non UK-born mothers, compared to a national and county average of 26%. Oxford has always been a diverse, international city attracting people from all over the world, and these figures reflect the increasingly international nature of our society.

You can see the full chart here

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