Reading: Proficiency in English

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63005074

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Key Facts

All Residents	210,085
Male	104,901
Female	105,205
Households	80,573

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Reading. 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
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- South East
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Borders with
- Shinfield
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- Theale (West Berkshire)
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- Woodley
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- Caversham
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- Wokingham
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- West Berkshire
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- Reading 017H
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- Wokingham 011C
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- Wokingham 006C
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- Reading 018E
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- Reading 005C
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- Reading 006B
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- Reading
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- Whitley
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- Thames
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- Southcote
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- Kentwood
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- Katesgrove
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- Coley
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- Battle
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- Tilehurst South & Holybrook
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- Tilehurst Birch Copse
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- Tilehurst & Purley
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- Winnersh
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- Purley on Thames
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- Woodley
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- Winnersh
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- Sonning
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- Shinfield
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- Earley
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- Holybrook
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- Tilehurst
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- South Lake
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- Sonning
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- Kennet Island & Green Park
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- Southcote
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- Coley Park
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- Battle & Caversham Bridge
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- Norcot North
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- Lower Caversham
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- Burghfield Common
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- Calcot South
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- Calcot North & Little Heath
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- Westwood
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- Purley on Thames
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- Whitley Wood
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- Sonning & Woodley North
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- Shinfield South
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- Shinfield North
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- Hawkedon
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- Bulmershe and Whitegates
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- Central Reading North
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- Shinfield
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- Lower Earley South
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- Winnersh
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- Southlake
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- Earley
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- Woodley South
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- Wokingham 017F
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Contains
- Tilehurst
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Hillside
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- Maiden Erlegh
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- Abbey
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- Church
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- Norcot
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- Park
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- Redlands
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- Tilehurst North
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- Norcot South
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- Tilehurst South
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- Palmer Park
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- Wokingham Road
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- Southampton Street & Redlands Road
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- Leighton Park
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- Lower Earley North
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- Central Reading South
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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	203,064
Main language is English (English or Welsh in Wales)	167,089
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales)	35,975
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Can speak English very well	18,180
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Can speak English well	12,289
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Cannot speak English well	4,473
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Cannot speak English	1,033

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

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