NEW figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) revealed that for every 100 people who live in Waverley, five were non-British nationals in 2016 - compared to nine nationwide.

Figures for the year ending March 2017 showed net migration (the difference between those entering the UK for a year or more, and those leaving) was estimated to be more than 246,000.

Across the UK one-in-seven people were born outside the UK and one-in-11 were non-British nationals last year..

Migration levels in rural Waverley are substantially lower than the rest of the UK:

In the year ending June 2016, 766 international migrants entered Waverley intending to stay for more than a year. Conversely, some 496 people left to live outside the UK. For every 100 births in Waverley, 18 were to non-UK born mothers in 2016 – compared to 27 across the UK.

In the year ending June 2016, 874 adults from outside the UK registered for a National Insurance number in Waverley.

According to the ONS, the five local authorities with the largest proportions of non-British nationals in 2016 were all in London: Kensington and Chelsea (37 per cent) Brent (34), Westminster (34), Newham (33) and Ealing (32 per cent).

The UK region with the lowest proportion of non-British nationals is North East England (four per cent). Overall for the UK as a whole, the proportion of the non-British population was 9.3 per cent (6 million of 64.7 million).

Of this, 3.6 million were EU nationals, and 2.4 million were non-EU nationals.