Smethwick: Proficiency in English

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63002889

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Key Facts

All Residents	65,644
Male	32,460
Female	33,180
Households	22,437

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

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Is within
- England
  Country
- West Midlands
  Regions
- West Midlands
  Combined Authorities
- West Midlands
  Metropolitan Counties
- Sandwell
  Metropolitan Districts
Borders with
- Oldbury (Sandwell)
  Built Up Areas
- West Bromwich
  Built Up Areas
- Birmingham
  Built Up Areas
Overlaps with
- Output Area at SP002891
  Output Areas
- Sandwell 034B
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Sandwell 036A
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- Sandwell 034D
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- Sandwell 034F
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- Sandwell 031A
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- Sandwell 031C
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- Sandwell 024B
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- Sandwell 024C
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- Sandwell 036D
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- Sandwell 023B
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- Sandwell 034A
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- Birmingham 036F
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Output Area at SP035880
  Output Areas
- Output Area at SP005895
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- Output Area at SP035887
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- Output Area at SP018897
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- Output Area at SP030870
  Output Areas
- Birmingham 060A
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- Birmingham 060B
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- Birmingham 073D
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- Birmingham 073E
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- Birmingham 036D
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- Sandwell 031D
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- Sandwell 023F
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- Smethwick East
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Smethwick South East
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Abbey
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Bristnall
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Old Warley
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- St Pauls
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Soho and Victoria
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Holyhead
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Warley South
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Bearwood & Warley Woods
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Sandwell 023G
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Sandwell 041D
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Sandwell 040B
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Sandwell 041A
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Sandwell 041C
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- Birmingham 039J
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Middlemore
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- Smethwick North & West
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Oldbury & Rood End
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Warley East
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Output Area at SP032873
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- Output Area at SP027871
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- Output Area at SP021867
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- Output Area at SP020866
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- Output Area at SP007865
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- Output Area at SP020864
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- Output Area at SP013864
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- Output Area at SP021864
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- Output Area at SP011859
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- Output Area at SP014860
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- Output Area at SP020860
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- Output Area at SP022861
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- Output Area at SP018867
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- Output Area at SP022868
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- Output Area at SP026870
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- Output Area at SP025869
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- Output Area at SP012852
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- Output Area at SP021856
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- Output Area at SP017854
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- Output Area at SP015852
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- Output Area at SP030896
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- Output Area at SP036893
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- Output Area at SP039892
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- Output Area at SP041890
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- Output Area at SP017857
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- Output Area at SP023870
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- Output Area at SP010854
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- Output Area at SP026895
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- Output Area at SP009883
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- Output Area at SP012896
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- Output Area at SP021896
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- Output Area at SP007888
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- Output Area at SP026872
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- Output Area at SP033879
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- Output Area at SP034876
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- Output Area at SP033875
  Output Areas
- Output Area at SP008857
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- Output Area at SP006881
  Output Areas
- Output Area at SP022870
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- Output Area at SP008877
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- Output Area at SP007874
  Output Areas
- Output Area at SP007873
  Output Areas
- Output Area at SP011869
  Output Areas
- Output Area at SP007871
  Output Areas
- Output Area at SP008868
  Output Areas
- Output Area at SO999893
  Output Areas
- Output Area at SP004885
  Output Areas
- Output Area at SP007880
  Output Areas
- Output Area at SP034873
  Output Areas
Contains
- Smethwick
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Smethwick South
  Middle 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	62,858
Main language is English (English or Welsh in Wales)	45,170
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales)	17,688
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Can speak English very well	5,177
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Can speak English well	6,652
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Cannot speak English well	4,746
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Cannot speak English	1,113

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

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