Chorley: Proficiency in English

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63001008

Key Facts

All Residents	40,983
Male	20,120
Female	20,848
Households	18,121

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Chorley. 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 West
  Regions
- Lancashire
  Counties
- Chorley
  Non-metropolitan Districts
Borders with
- Euxton
  Built Up Areas
Overlaps with
- Chorley 006F
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Chorley 008D
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Chorley 008C
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Chorley 006E
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Chorley 006B
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Chorley 009D
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Chorley 009B
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Chorley 008B
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Output Area at SD590159
  Output Areas
- Output Area at SD572191
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- Output Area at SD601177
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- Output Area at SD595173
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- Output Area at SD570197
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- Output Area at SD577151
  Output Areas
- Output Area at SD569168
  Output Areas
- Output Area at SD577154
  Output Areas
- Chorley 010C
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Chorley 012B
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Astley Village
  Civil Parishes
- Euxton
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Chorley South West
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Chorley North & Astley
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Chorley North West
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Chorley East
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Chorley South West
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Chorley Town & South
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Chorley East
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Chorley West
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Chorley North
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Chorley 012E
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Chorley 008H
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Chorley 008G
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Chorley 006G
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Chorley 012C
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Output Area at SD571156
  Output Areas
- Output Area at SD568164
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- Output Area at SD568161
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- Output Area at SD590189
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- Output Area at SD596190
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- Output Area at SD586193
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- Output Area at SD597194
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- Output Area at SD583193
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- Output Area at SD596197
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- Output Area at SD592186
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- Output Area at SD594184
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- Output Area at SD596167
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- Output Area at SD594181
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- Output Area at SD572188
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- Output Area at SD574190
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- Output Area at SD578189
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- Output Area at SD567182
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- Output Area at SD571185
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- Output Area at SD570184
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- Output Area at SD567175
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- Output Area at SD574174
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- Output Area at SD572172
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- Output Area at SD571166
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- Output Area at SD573167
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- Output Area at SD569166
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- Output Area at SD588203
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- Output Area at SD602190
  Output Areas
- Output Area at SD574164
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- Output Area at SD581149
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- Output Area at SD578157
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- Output Area at SD574159
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- Output Area at SD574171
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- Output Area at SD575169
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- Output Area at SD580192
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- Output Area at SD574179
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- Output Area at SD592163
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- Output Area at SD586149
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- Output Area at SD578159
  Output Areas
- Euxton
  Civil Parishes
- Chorley South East & Heath Charnock
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
Contains
- Chorley 006C
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Chorley 009A
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Chorley 009C
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Chorley 010A
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Chorley 010B
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Chorley 010D
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Chorley 012F
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Chorley 012A
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Chorley 010E
  Lower layer Super Output Areas

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

Description
Data
Bar Chart
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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	39,688
Main language is English (English or Welsh in Wales)	38,447
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales)	1,241
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Can speak English very well	479
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Can speak English well	482
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Cannot speak English well	241
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Cannot speak English	39

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

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