Chatham: Proficiency in English

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63005212

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Key Facts

All Residents	84,590
Male	41,753
Female	42,870
Households	33,447

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Chatham. 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
- South East
  Regions
Borders with
- Rochester
  Built Up Areas
- Gillingham (Medway)
  Built Up Areas
Overlaps with
- Kent
  Counties
- Tonbridge and Malling
  Non-metropolitan Districts
- Maidstone
  Non-metropolitan Districts
- Medway
  Unitary Authorities
- Output Area at TQ754629
  Output Areas
- Medway 027D
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- Medway 027C
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- Medway 020C
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- Medway 022D
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- Medway 038D
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- Medway 031B
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- Medway 015E
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- Medway 033A
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- Medway 033B
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- Medway 026C
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- Medway 021D
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- Medway 026D
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- Medway 037C
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- Medway 019B
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- Medway 031A
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- Medway 038C
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- Output Area at TQ757682
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- Output Area at TQ762694
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- Output Area at TQ759691
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- Output Area at TQ751648
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- Output Area at TQ753652
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- Output Area at TQ762691
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- Output Area at TQ749676
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- Output Area at TQ752680
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- Medway 015B
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- Medway 021A
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- Medway 016B
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- Medway 016D
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- Medway 035E
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- Medway 038B
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- Medway 019C
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- Maidstone 001A
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- Wayfield
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- Capstone
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- Horsted
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- Hempstead & Wigmore
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- Lordswood
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- Gillingham South
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Hempstead and Wigmore
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Lordswood and Capstone
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Luton and Wayfield
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- River
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Rochester South and Horsted
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Watling
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Aylesford North and Walderslade
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Rochester South East
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- Chatham South East
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- Tonbridge and Malling 001B
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- Tonbridge and Malling 001C
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- Tonbridge and Malling 001D
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- Maidstone 001F
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- Medway 007H
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- Medway 007I
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- Medway 015F
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- Medway 015G
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- Chatham Maritime
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- Chatham Central and Rochester Riverside
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- Gillingham South
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- Gillingham South East
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- Luton
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Chatham South West
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Output Area at TQ751629
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- Output Area at TQ749672
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- Output Area at TQ779627
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- Output Area at TQ766666
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- Output Area at TQ776665
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- Output Area at TQ769664
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- Output Area at TQ764663
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- Output Area at TQ762658
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- Output Area at TQ776662
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- Output Area at TQ757653
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- Output Area at TQ758650
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- Output Area at TQ769671
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- Output Area at TQ773655
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- Output Area at TQ771652
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- Output Area at TQ749680
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- Output Area at TQ761677
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- Output Area at TQ763677
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- Output Area at TQ777628
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- Output Area at TQ775630
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- Output Area at TQ755676
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- Output Area at TQ776670
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- Output Area at TQ769674
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- Output Area at TQ772671
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- Output Area at TQ774670
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- Output Area at TQ786654
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- Output Area at TQ768627
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- Output Area at TQ770625
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- Output Area at TQ772621
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- Output Area at TQ778623
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- Output Area at TQ769639
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- Output Area at TQ771639
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- Output Area at TQ779663
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- Output Area at TQ766624
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- Output Area at TQ763624
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- Output Area at TQ764619
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- Output Area at TQ760620
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- Output Area at TQ768620
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- Output Area at TQ777617
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- Output Area at TQ761617
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- Output Area at TQ755621
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- Output Area at TQ753627
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- Output Area at TQ748619
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- Output Area at TQ752625
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- Output Area at TQ758624
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- Output Area at TQ757620
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- Output Area at TQ744629
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- Output Area at TQ778666
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- Output Area at TQ780668
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- Output Area at TQ759686
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- Output Area at TQ752655
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- Output Area at TQ749646
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- Output Area at TQ751646
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- Output Area at TQ756645
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- Output Area at TQ746642
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- Output Area at TQ748636
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- Output Area at TQ749668
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- Output Area at TQ752665
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- Output Area at TQ778669
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- Output Area at TQ751634
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- Output Area at TQ748630
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- Output Area at TQ752633
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- Output Area at TQ751636
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- Output Area at TQ753660
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- Output Area at TQ751662
  Output Areas
- Boxley
  Civil Parishes
- Aylesford
  Civil Parishes
- Boxley
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Aylesford, Wouldham & Blue Bell Hill
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Boxley & Detling
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Contains
- Walderslade
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Princes Park
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Chatham Central
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Walderslade
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Settington
  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	81,285
Main language is English (English or Welsh in Wales)	74,742
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales)	6,543
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Can speak English very well	2,705
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Can speak English well	2,572
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Cannot speak English well	1,111
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Cannot speak English	155

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

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