Houghton-le-Spring: Proficiency in English

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63000166

Key Facts

All Residents	14,101
Male	6,729
Female	7,369
Households	6,348

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Houghton-le-Spring. They may not, therefore, be precisely accurate. Age-standardised statistics and population density are not available for aggregated datasets.

Related Census Areas
Is within
- England
  Country
- North East
  Regions
- North East
  Combined Authorities
- Tyne and Wear
  Metropolitan Counties
- Sunderland
  Metropolitan Districts
Borders with
- Shiney Row and Penshaw
  Built Up Areas
- Hetton-le-Hole
  Built Up Areas
Overlaps with
- Output Area at NZ332502
  Output Areas
- Output Area at NZ328500
  Output Areas
- Output Area at NZ329514
  Output Areas
- Sunderland 034A
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Sunderland 034C
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Sunderland 032B
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Sunderland 035D
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Sunderland 034E
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Sunderland 033B
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Sunderland 033D
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Sunderland 034F
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Sunderland 030G
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Houghton West
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Houghton Town
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Output Area at NZ328506
  Output Areas
- Output Area at NZ335492
  Output Areas
- Output Area at NZ332499
  Output Areas
- Output Area at NZ348499
  Output Areas
- Output Area at NZ335512
  Output Areas
- Output Area at NZ338509
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- Output Area at NZ340504
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- Output Area at NZ356493
  Output Areas
- Output Area at NZ349491
  Output Areas
- Output Area at NZ347489
  Output Areas
- Output Area at NZ343487
  Output Areas
- Output Area at NZ339484
  Output Areas
- Output Area at NZ332497
  Output Areas
- Output Area at NZ334500
  Output Areas
- Output Area at NZ338501
  Output Areas
- Output Area at NZ329494
  Output Areas
- Output Area at NZ336503
  Output Areas
- Output Area at NZ331503
  Output Areas
- Output Area at NZ332484
  Output Areas
- Hetton
  Civil Parishes
- Houghton
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Copt Hill
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Hetton
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Newbottle & Penshaw
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Shiney Row
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Hetton-le-Hole North
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Sunderland 032A
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Output Area at NZ355508
  Output Areas
Contains
- Sunderland 034D
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Sunderland 034B
  Lower layer Super Output Areas

Table Code	ts029
Issued	2022-11-29
Unit of Measure	Person
Number of Response Options	6

Description
Data
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This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by their proficiency in English. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

How well people whose main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales) speak English.

Proficiency in English language: Total: All usual residents aged 3 years and over	13,686
Main language is English (English or Welsh in Wales)	13,541
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales)	145
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Can speak English very well	69
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Can speak English well	48
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Cannot speak English well	23
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Cannot speak English	5

These values are calculated by adding up the values for census output areas contained within Houghton-le-Spring. They may, therefore, be slightly inaccurate due to administrative boundaries not precisely aligning with census boundaries.

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