An analysis appears to show 43% of people in North Evington speak little to no English (Image: Getty)
There is a where 43% of residents over the age of 16 speak little to no English, analysis shows. North Evington in Leicester is reported to be home to 1,670 people across a dozen streets. A with a large south Asian population, North Evington is a bus ride away from the centre of Leicester. Majority Muslim, the North Evington and Rowlatts Hill grouping of households also includes Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists and Jews, according to the 2021 Census.
It shows English was spoken as the main language by 6,825 people in North Evington and Rowlatts Hill, while the first tongue of 3,132 is a South Asian language. Others include French, Arabic and Portuguese, besides languages from , West Asia and East . North Evington is part of 34 neighbourhoods in Leicester where at least a fifth of the population can’t speak English, according to an analysis by using 2021 Census Data.
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A view across Leicester’s North Evington and Spinney Hills neighbourhood (Image: Getty)
The UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) revealed in February that almost a million people in England can’t speak English well or at all.
On the national picture, Reform UK’s Deputy Leader told MailOnline that an influx of millions of new people made integration into the British way of life “almost impossible” and that the statistics show it.
Brits see language ability as one sign of integration, according to The Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford.
It notes that migrants themselves view language as important. The Observatory reports that in 2021 nine million migrants living in England and Wales reported speaking English without difficulty.
Only 1% of migrants said they couldn’t speak English at all, a total of 142,000, according to The Migration Observatory.
Analysis of the 2021 England and Wales Census by the Observatory shows that migrants’ language abilities improve over time and through exposure.
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North Evington is a majority Muslim suburb of Leicester (Image: Getty)
A total of 8% of those who moved to Britain over 20 years ago couldn’t speak English well or at all, compared with 17% of those who had arrived within the previous two years. The age at migration is another “critical factor” in explaining how well migrants learn English because young children learn languages faster and with less effort than adults.
Of North Evington and Rowlatts Hill’s total population in 2021, 6,825 identified English as their main language. Another 1,164 reported that their main language isn’t English, but they can speak it very well, while 1,387 said they can speak it well despite it not being their main tongue.
Just over a thousand (1,002) said they could not speak English well and 349 couldn’t speak the language at all, according to the 2021 Census.