20 per cent of Mazarrón residents are British

According to recently-published data, the population of Mazarrón municipality continues to grow, rising from an estimated 35,149 in November 2008, to an estimated 36,436 toward the end of January 2009. However, one fact I noticed particularly is that there are estimated to be 6,987 British citizens locally, or almost 20 per cent of the population; I presume this refers to the numbers registered