Analysis

English Not Well %

Population who cannot speak English well (Census 2021)

demographicUnit: %Source: ONS Census 2021

The metrics below move with English Not Well % across UK places. A positive correlation means the two tend to rise together; a negative one means as this rises, the other tends to fall.

Strongest positive correlatesRise together

#	Metric	Strength	r	n
1	English Not at All %demographic	very_strong	0.95	567
2	Births to Non-UK Mothers %demographic	very_strong	0.87	567
3	Born outside EU %demographic	very_strong	0.86	567
4	Asian Population %demographic	very_strong	0.86	535
5	Muslim (Census 2021)religion

Strongest negative correlatesMove in opposite directions

#	Metric	Strength	r	n
1	White Population %demographic	very_strong	-0.91	535
2	Over-65s %demographic	strong	-0.75	507
3	Population Over 65demographic	strong	-0.74	514
4	No Religion (Census 2021)religion

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Correlation ≠ causation. A strong correlation does not mean one metric causes the other. Both may be driven by a shared underlying factor, or the link may be coincidental.
r is the Pearson correlation coefficient (−1 to +1); n is the number of places compared. Larger n means a more reliable estimate.
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Data: precomputed cross-metric correlations (latest period).

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