According to the 2001 UK census, 97% of the
population of the islands are white British, with nearly 93% of the inhabitants
born in the islands, in mainland Cornwall or elsewhere in England. Since EU
enlargement in 2004, a number of eastern Europeans have moved to the island,
joining the Australians, New Zealanders and South Africans who traditionally
made up most of the islands' overseas workers. By 2005, their numbers were
estimated at nearly 100 out of a total population of just over 2,000
