Wolverhampton: Proficiency in English

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63002713

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Key Facts

All Residents	249,795
Male	122,816
Female	126,963
Households	99,802

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Wolverhampton. 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
- West Midlands
  Regions
- West Midlands
  Combined Authorities
- West Midlands
  Metropolitan Counties
- Wolverhampton
  Metropolitan Districts
Borders with
- Sedgley
  Built Up Areas
- Coseley
  Built Up Areas
- Bilston (Wolverhampton)
  Built Up Areas
- Willenhall
  Built Up Areas
- Perton
  Built Up Areas
Overlaps with
- Staffordshire
  Counties
- South Staffordshire
  Non-metropolitan Districts
- Wolverhampton 005B
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- Wolverhampton 013A
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- Wolverhampton 030E
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- Wolverhampton 031B
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- Wolverhampton 006D
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- Wolverhampton 006C
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- Wolverhampton 006B
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- Wolverhampton 003B
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- Wolverhampton 002B
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- Wolverhampton 003A
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- Wolverhampton 002A
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- Wolverhampton 004C
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- Wolverhampton 004B
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- Wolverhampton 004A
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- Wolverhampton 034A
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- Wolverhampton 034B
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- Wolverhampton 034C
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- Wolverhampton 014E
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- Wolverhampton 019D
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- Wolverhampton 019C
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- Wolverhampton 019B
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- Wolverhampton 014A
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- Wolverhampton 009E
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- Wolverhampton 009D
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- Wolverhampton 009C
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- Wolverhampton 003C
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- Wolverhampton 009B
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- Wolverhampton 009A
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- Wolverhampton 032D
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- Wolverhampton 032B
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- Wolverhampton 029E
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- Wolverhampton 029C
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- Wolverhampton 018F
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- Walsall 011A
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- Walsall 020C
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- Walsall 020B
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- Dudley 002B
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- Output Area at SO933967
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- Output Area at SJ878008
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- Output Area at SO936966
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- Output Area at SO898948
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- Output Area at SO870995
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- Output Area at SO869947
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- Output Area at SO882942
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- Output Area at SO879948
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- Walsall 011C
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- Walsall 025A
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- Walsall 025D
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- Wolverhampton 023E
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- Wolverhampton 018B
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- Wolverhampton 018A
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- Wolverhampton 001G
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- Wolverhampton 001E
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- Wolverhampton 001C
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- Wolverhampton 001B
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- Wolverhampton 030C
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- Wolverhampton 023D
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- Wolverhampton 022D
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- Wolverhampton 022B
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- Wolverhampton 022A
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- Wolverhampton 023A
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- Output Area at SO886945
  Output Areas
- Wednesfield North
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Tettenhall Wightwick
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- Tettenhall Regis
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- Spring Vale
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- St Peter's
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- Oxley
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- Fallings Park
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- Ettingshall
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- East Park
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- Bushbury North
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- Blakenhall
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- Bilston North
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- Willenhall North
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- Bilbrook
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- Codsall South
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- Essington
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- Wombourne
  Civil Parishes
- Lower Penn
  Civil Parishes
- Hilton
  Civil Parishes
- Featherstone
  Civil Parishes
- Essington
  Civil Parishes
- Bilbrook
  Civil Parishes
- Wombourne North and Lower Penn
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Perton East
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Featherstone and Shareshill
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- Wombourne Inner
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- Bilbrook
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- Featherstone East & Essington
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- Bushbury
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- Willenhall Park
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- Ashmore
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- South Staffordshire 012B
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- South Staffordshire 013C
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- South Staffordshire 015D
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- South Staffordshire 006D
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- South Staffordshire 007D
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- South Staffordshire 007C
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- South Staffordshire 007B
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- South Staffordshire 009E
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- South Staffordshire 006A
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- South Staffordshire 008A
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- Fordhouses
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- Pendeford
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- Bushbury Hill
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- Featherstone West, Coven & Shareshill
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- Woodcross
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- Goldthorn Park
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- Ettingshall
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- Bilston North East
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- Bilston North West
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- Castlecroft
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- East Park
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- Tettenhall South
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- Whitmore Reans & Dunstall Hill
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- Tettenhall North
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- Oxley Park
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- Ashmore Park
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- Wolverhampton 005D
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- Output Area at SJ900033
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- Output Area at SO940978
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- Output Area at SJ939022
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- Output Area at SJ924038
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- Output Area at SO956995
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- Output Area at SJ966023
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- Output Area at SJ967011
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- Output Area at SJ967014
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- Output Area at SO963997
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- Output Area at SO918957
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- Output Area at SO950976
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- Output Area at SO946980
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- Output Area at SO958979
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- Output Area at SO949976
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- Output Area at SO930940
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- Output Area at SO872974
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- Output Area at SO957999
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- Output Area at SJ967018
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- Output Area at SO880985
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- Output Area at SO873987
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- Output Area at SO868990
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- Output Area at SO871991
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- Output Area at SO871999
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- Output Area at SJ862010
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- Output Area at SJ953049
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- Output Area at SJ931046
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- Output Area at SJ960027
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- Output Area at SO901953
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- Output Area at SO880980
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- Output Area at SJ912038
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- Output Area at SO938945
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- Output Area at SO926945
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- Output Area at SJ896023
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- Output Area at SJ894025
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- Output Area at SJ886004
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- Output Area at SJ896006
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- Output Area at SJ898009
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- Output Area at SJ888008
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- Output Area at SJ871009
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- Output Area at SJ900013
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- Output Area at SJ890013
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- Output Area at SJ886014
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- Output Area at SJ889021
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- Output Area at SJ881006
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- Output Area at SJ888009
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- Output Area at SJ908034
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- Wombourne Outer, Swindon & Seisdon
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Contains
- Wednesfield South
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Bushbury South and Low Hill
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Graiseley
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Heath Town
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Merry Hill
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Park
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Penn
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Heath Town
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Wednesfield Town
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- Park Lane
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- Wednesfield North East
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- Wood End
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- Low Hill
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- Waterloo Road
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- West Park
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- Wolverhampton Central
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- Blakenhall
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- Ettingshall Park
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- Upper Penn
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- Merryhill South
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- Bradmore
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- Compton & Merryhill North
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Table Code	ts029
Issued	2022-11-29
Unit of Measure	Person
Number of Response Options	6

Description
Data
Bar Chart
Pie Chart

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	241,023
Main language is English (English or Welsh in Wales)	205,997
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales)	35,026
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Can speak English very well	12,084
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Can speak English well	13,456
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Cannot speak English well	7,935
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Cannot speak English	1,551

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

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