Dover: Proficiency in English

Location Type: Built Up Areas, ONS Geographic Code: E63005781

Key Facts

All Residents	37,839
Male	18,768
Female	19,082
Households	16,315

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Built Up Areas. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Dover. 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
- Kent
  Counties
- Dover
  Non-metropolitan Districts
Borders with
- Guston
  Built Up Areas
- Whitfield (Dover)
  Built Up Areas
Overlaps with
- Dover 013B
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Dover 014C
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Dover 014B
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Dover 011D
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Dover 011C
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Dover 011B
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Output Area at TR300438
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR317412
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR309401
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR306401
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR305401
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR316405
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR294394
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR310419
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR299418
  Output Areas
- Dover 013C
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Dover 010D
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Temple Ewell
  Civil Parishes
- River
  Civil Parishes
- Guston
  Civil Parishes
- Town & Castle
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- St Radigunds
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Maxton & Elms Vale
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Buckland
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Dover West
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Buckland & St Radigunds
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Dover 012F
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Dover 012E
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Dover 013E
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Dover 011G
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Dover 011F
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Output Area at TR307421
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR302434
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR288440
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR275444
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR294443
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR324419
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR318426
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR331417
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR321413
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR309429
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR310435
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR305435
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR307435
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR312438
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR308438
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR313426
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR315432
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR297411
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR302414
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR302420
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR292418
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- Output Area at TR310422
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- Output Area at TR304424
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- Output Area at TR298425
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR329426
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR284428
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR290436
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR290426
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR293428
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR292405
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR303404
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR307408
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR302409
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR311410
  Output Areas
- Output Area at TR312411
  Output Areas
- Dover
  Civil Parishes
- Dover Downs & River
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Guston, Kingsdown & St Margaret's-at-Cliffe
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Kearsney, River & Whitfield
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Dover East
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Elms Vale & Capel-le-Ferne
  Middle layer Super Output Areas
- Dover 014D
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Dover 010G
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Dover 012B
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
Contains
- Tower Hamlets
  Electoral Wards/Divisions
- Dover 011A
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Dover 011E
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Dover 013A
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Dover 010C
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Dover 012C
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Dover 013D
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Dover 012D
  Lower layer Super Output Areas
- Dover 011H
  Lower layer Super Output Areas

Table Code	ts029
Issued	2022-11-29
Unit of Measure	Person
Number of Response Options	6

Description
Data
Bar Chart
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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	36,486
Main language is English (English or Welsh in Wales)	34,062
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales)	2,424
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Can speak English very well	1,031
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Can speak English well	887
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Cannot speak English well	420
Main language is not English (English or Welsh in Wales): Cannot speak English	86

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

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