There are almost half a million more people living in England and Wales than official estimates suggested. The most likely reason for that under-counting is inaccurate migration data.
It is notable that the number of people in their 20s has risen from 6.6m to 7.6m - the additional one million people are most likely to be migrant workers.
The increase in the number of under-fives by 400,000 is also a consequence of immigration, but increasing fertility among British-born women is the key driver in pushing up the fertility rate.
Half of the total increase in population was in London, the South-East and East regions of England.
The Office for National Statistics says that about 55% of the population increase was the result of net migration.
The population projections published by the ONS will be revised upwards in the autumn.
Taken from the latest BBC news broadcast. The following was the leader:
The population of England and Wales has reached 56.1 million, up by 3.7 million in a decade, the 2011 Census shows.
It is the largest growth shown by any census since they began in 1801.The population in England was 53 million on 27 March 2011 when the Census was taken, about 400,000 more than official estimates.
In Wales the population was 3.1 million. Around 55% of the 3.7m increase was attributed to net migration.
The Census showed that the population for England and Wales was greater than official estimates rolled forward from 2001 - by just over 500,000.
The only people who can't see the damage being done to this country are politicians and do-gooders? I can't find my grandparents homes because they are now ensconced in immigrant ghettos where the English no longer visit, in an Lancashire town called Preston.
You like our Prestani,Sahib?
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