Birkenhead: Proficiency in English

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63001403

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Key Facts

All Residents	112,766
Male	55,000
Female	57,759
Households	51,381

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

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- England
  Country
- North West
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- Liverpool City Region
  Combined Authorities
- Merseyside
  Metropolitan Counties
- Wirral
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- Wallasey
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- Greasby
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- Bebington
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- Output Area at SJ266892
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- Wirral 030D
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- Prenton
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- Bebington New Ferry
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- Bidston and St James
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Birkenhead and Tranmere
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Greasby, Frankby and Irby
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- Moreton West and Saughall Massie
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- Pensby and Thingwall
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- Prenton
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- Rock Ferry
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- Upton
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- Egerton Park
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- Tranmere
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- Wirral 010G
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- Poulton
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- Bidston Hill
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- Birkenhead Central
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- Saughall Massie
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- Upton West
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- Noctorum North & Upton East
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- Birkenhead South
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- Noctorum South
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- Woodchurch
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- Output Area at SJ267874
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- Output Area at SJ259881
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- Output Area at SJ261880
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- Output Area at SJ256880
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- Output Area at SJ266889
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- Output Area at SJ254883
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- Output Area at SJ265881
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- Output Area at SJ256890
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- Output Area at SJ279878
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Contains
- Oxton
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Claughton
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Oxton South
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- Claughton South & Oxton North
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- Claughton North
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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	108,877
Main language is English (English or Welsh in Wales)	104,940
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales)	3,937
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Can speak English very well	1,635
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Can speak English well	1,361
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Cannot speak English well	780
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Cannot speak English	161

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

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