Ossett: Proficiency in English

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63000979

Key Facts

All Residents	22,264
Male	10,855
Female	11,416
Households	9,985

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Ossett. 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
- Yorkshire and The Humber
  Regions
- West Yorkshire
  Combined Authorities
- West Yorkshire
  Metropolitan Counties
- Wakefield
  Metropolitan Districts
Borders with
- Dewsbury
  Built Up Areas
Overlaps with
- Wakefield 029A
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- Kirklees 018A
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Output Area at SE277198
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- Output Area at SE276201
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- Output Area at SE291204
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- Output Area at SE273200
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- Output Area at SE287204
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- Output Area at SE291209
  Output Areas
- Wakefield 029B
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Wakefield 029D
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Ossett South East & Horbury Bridge
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Wakefield 025E
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Wakefield 025B
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Wakefield 025A
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Wakefield 021E
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Wakefield 021D
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- Wakefield 021C
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Wakefield 021A
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Output Area at SE269205
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- Output Area at SE283212
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- Output Area at SE270211
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- Output Area at SE286193
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- Output Area at SE295193
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- Output Area at SE292196
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- Output Area at SE293198
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- Output Area at SE294200
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- Output Area at SE293202
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- Output Area at SE282190
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- Output Area at SE287190
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- Output Area at SE265199
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- Output Area at SE276195
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- Output Area at SE270215
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- Output Area at SE286222
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- Output Area at SE276218
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- Output Area at SE269224
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- Output Area at SE267219
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- Output Area at SE278222
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- Output Area at SE274226
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- Output Area at SE273188
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- Output Area at SE267216
  Output Areas
- Horbury and South Ossett
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Ossett
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Ossett North
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Ossett West
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
Contains
- Wakefield 025C
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Wakefield 021F
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Wakefield 021B
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Wakefield 029C
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Wakefield 025D
  Lower layer Super Output Areas

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

Description
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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	21,612
Main language is English (English or Welsh in Wales)	21,262
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales)	350
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Can speak English very well	158
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Can speak English well	113
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Cannot speak English well	64
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Cannot speak English	15

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

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