Number of foreign residents living in parts of the Black Country doubles in a decade

In 2004, some 94.02 per cent of residents in the Black Country and Staffordshire were UK-born - but that figure dropped to 89.18 per cent in 2014.

The total had fallen by 1.5 per cent from 2013.

Of the 1.581 million people living in the region in 2014, 168,000 were not originally from the UK.

Sandwell had the highest percentage of foreign residents, with 19.75 per cent, or 61,000 - which has rocketed from 6.54 per cent, or 18,000, in 2004.

It rose by 3.5 per cent from 2014 alone. And 45,000 of these were not from the EU.

In Wolverhampton, 81.6 per cent of residents were born in the UK, down from 82.77 per cent the year before and 88.04 in 2004.

In Dudley the number fell from 97.02 per cent in 2004 to 95.19 per cent, while in Walsall it went from 93.63 to 89.38.

Over the last year, Cannock's total of UK-born residents fell from 97.87 per cent to 96.94, Stafford's dropped from 94.4 per cent 93.85, South Staffordshire from 99.04 to 97.19 and Wyre Forest from 95.83 to 94.85. Only county-wide figures were available for 2004.

The non-UK born population across the region increased from 142,000 to 168,000. Across the UK it went up by 4.5 per cent from 7.92 million to 8.27 million between 2013 and 2014.

Throughout the UK, in 2014, one in eight of the population were born abroad. This compares to one in 11 in 2004.

In the whole of the West Midlands, the biggest number of non-UK born residents came from India (102,000), with Pakistan second with 82,000 and Poland third with 75,000.

The majority of people in the Black Country from outside of the EU originate from South Asia. With 29,000, Sandwell has the highest number of people from that part of the world.

Some 16,000 people in the Black Country come from Sub-Saharan Africa, and 9,000 from Central and South America. Seven thousand hail from the Middle East and Central Asia.

Data on this was not available for Staffordshire.

The figures, from the Office for National Statistics, have been rounded up or down from calculations for the population as a whole.

Warley MP John Spellar said: "I think this is a reflection of the number of developments that have gone on the region in recent years, with an increased demand for homes and school places.

"The Government now needs to recognise that the population is changing and this pressure needs to be addressed."