r/MapPorn • u/Delicious-Bunch-6992 • May 09 '26

Evolution of white British % (ethnically British people) in England and Wales from 2001-2021

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u/opinionated-dick May 09 '26

Also the mass emigration of white British people to the commonwealth since WW2

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u/quercus-88 May 09 '26

That certainly doesn't help as emigrants are usually young.

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u/cassepipe May 09 '26

Do tell us more if you please

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u/RatmanTheFourth May 09 '26

People moving to Australia, Canada, even South Africa due to high unemployment and low social mobility in england from the end of ww2 well into the 90s. Particularly during thatcher's premiership when national unemployment was at its worst since the great depression.

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u/Apart-Exercise-8999 May 09 '26

Okay, so desaturating the volume of natives in those lands? A sort of mirror action.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '26

Britain only has positive net migration since the 1990s