Southwark: Proficiency in English

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63004965

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Key Facts

All Residents	324,591
Male	157,365
Female	167,225
Households	137,971

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Southwark. 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
- London
  Regions
- Southwark
  London Boroughs
Borders with
- Lambeth
  Built Up Areas
- Bromley
  Built Up Areas
- Lewisham
  Built Up Areas
- City and County of the City of London
  Built Up Areas
- Tower Hamlets
  Built Up Areas
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- Southwark 029B
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- Lambeth 009D
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- Lambeth 005D
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- Lambeth 025E
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- Lambeth 025B
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- Lambeth 002C
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- Lambeth 005B
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- Lambeth 014E
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- Lambeth 009C
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- Lambeth 014A
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- Lambeth 005E
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- Lewisham 028B
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- Southwark 002B
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- Southwark 029A
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- Southwark 026A
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- Southwark 017D
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- Southwark 011A
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- Southwark 033E
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- Southwark 032B
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- Southwark 032A
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- Southwark 033D
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- Southwark 033A
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- Southwark 002D
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- Southwark 002C
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- Southwark 034C
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- Lambeth 033E
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- Lambeth 033C
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- Output Area at TQ360789
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- Output Area at TQ338801
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- Output Area at TQ316787
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- Lambeth 028A
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- Lambeth 033A
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- Lambeth 036D
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- Lambeth 036C
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- Lambeth 036B
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- Output Area at TQ330802
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- Output Area at TQ352765
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- Output Area at TQ315788
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- Output Area at TQ316786
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- Output Area at TQ356803
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- Southwark 029C
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- Dulwich Wood
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- Dulwich Village
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- Dulwich Hill
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- Borough & Bankside
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- Castle Baynard
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- Butler's Wharf and Queen's Walk
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- Lambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank
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- Sydenham Hill
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- Dulwich Hill
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- Herne Hill & Dulwich Park
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- Nunhead South & Newlands
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- South Bermondsey East
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- London Bridge & West Bermondsey
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- North Bermondsey
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- Peckham Rye
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- West Dulwich
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- Waterloo & South Bank
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- Myatt's Fields
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- Kennington
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- Herne Hill & Loughborough Junction
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- Gipsy Hill
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- Surrey Docks
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- Rotherhithe
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- Surrey Quays
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- Canada Water
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- Southwark 031E
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- Southwark 031A
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- Southwark 008E
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- Southwark 008C
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- Southwark 001D
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- Southwark 001C
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- Southwark 007E
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- Southwark 007D
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- Southwark 001A
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- Lambeth 036E
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- Southwark 035D
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- Southwark 035B
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- Bermondsey East
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- Borough & Southwark Street
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- Rotherhithe
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- Gipsy Hill
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- West Dulwich
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- Herne Hill East
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- Loughborough Road
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- Oval
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- Lambeth Walk & North Kennington
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- Southwark 035A
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- Southwark 004F
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- Southwark 035C
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- Southwark 032E
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- Output Area at TQ365802
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- Output Area at TQ345727
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- Output Area at TQ357804
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- Output Area at TQ353798
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- Output Area at TQ350797
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- Output Area at TQ351799
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- Output Area at TQ340798
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- Output Area at TQ340799
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- Output Area at TQ336801
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- Output Area at TQ345797
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- Output Area at TQ348742
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- Output Area at TQ348797
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- Output Area at TQ358787
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- Output Area at TQ357787
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- Output Area at TQ358805
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Contains
- Camberwell Green
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Champion Hill
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Chaucer
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- Faraday
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- Goose Green
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- Newington
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- North Walworth
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Nunhead & Queen's Road
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- Old Kent Road
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Peckham
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Rye Lane
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- St George's
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- St Giles
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- South Bermondsey
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- London Bridge & Bermondsey West
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Elephant & Castle
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- South Bermondsey Central
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- Walworth North
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- South Bermondsey West
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- Newington, Kennington East & Walworth West
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- Burgess Park
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- Walworth South
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- Burgess Park West & John Ruskin Street
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- Peckham Park Road
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- Peckham North West
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- Camberwell North
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- Camberwell Green
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- Peckham North
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- Queens Road Peckham
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- Camberwell South
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- Peckham Rye
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- Nunhead North
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- North Dulwich
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- Peckham Rye Common
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- East Dulwich
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- Southwark St George's
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- Bermondsey North
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Table Code	ts029
Issued	2022-11-29
Unit of Measure	Person
Number of Response Options	6

Description
Data
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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	314,161
Main language is English (English or Welsh in Wales)	258,186
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales)	55,975
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Can speak English very well	28,626
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Can speak English well	16,747
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Cannot speak English well	8,933
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Cannot speak English	1,669

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

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