Number of Polish-born residents in Britain tops 830,000 - overtaking India to become most common non-UK origin

Poland is the most common overseas country of birth for people living in the UK for the first time.

There were an estimated 831,000 Polish-born residents in 2015 - a jump of almost three quarters of a million compared to the number in 2004 when the country joined the EU. 

It meant Poland overtook India, which had 795,000 people last year, as the most common non-UK nation of birth

Polish was also the most common non-British nationality, with an estimated 916,000 residents, figures released by the Office for National Statistics revealed 

Figures are compiled both by both country of birth and nationality, which can be subject to change.

Overall, one in eight (13.3 %) of the people living in the UK were born abroad last year - compared to one in 11 in 2004.

There was a 'statistically significant increase' in the non-UK born population of the UK between 2014 and 2015, rising from 8.3 million to 8.6 million, the Office for National Statistics said.

In 2015, 1 in 12 (8.7 %) of the 'usual resident population' of the UK had non-British nationality, which compares with 1 in 20 (5 %) in 2004.

There was a 'statistically significant' increase in the non-British national population between 2014 and 2015, increasing from 5.3 million to 5.6 million.

Within that number, there were 3.2 million EU citizens, a rise of 300,000, or 7.5 % on 2014. The number of Romanian and Bulgarian nationals living in the UK increased by 28 per cent to just under 300,000.

The total number of EU nationals living in the UK has almost tripled since 2004, when it was 1.1 million.