Thread by @john_actuary

The annual population estimate from the ONS has just been published, and shows a 0.4% increase across the UK (from June 19 to June 20) to 67.1m. That's the lowest growth rate since 2001.

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For those of us looking at age bands to work out vaccine take-up rates, the biggest increase is in the 75-79 group, (+3.6% for England) which has previously been an anomaly with take-up over 100%.

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Mid year to mid year, there's the lowest natural change (births less deaths) for at least 38 years. This is due to fewer births and more deaths (up 13% - the highest in 34 years).

Net international migration makes up the balance of the overall increase.

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Continuing a trend for several years, London sees the largest outflow of residents, being around 1% of the population in the latest year, very slightly up on the previous year.

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿had the largest increase last year, just ahead of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. Is that the great rugby, the glorious weather, or the removal of the M4 tolls in Dec 18 I wonder?

In contrast,🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 had the lowest increase.

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London has by far and away the lowest median age, around 5 years lower than many areas - that's important when considering the roll out of the vaccine.

In contrast the SW is the oldest, 8 years higher than London.

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There's a neat little interactive tool you can play around with to compare your area with another.

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Next year's update will use the results of the recent census, adjusted for the period between the census date to the end of June.

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