Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Bristol Population of the study includes all persons 5 years and over. Ability to speak English "very well" by age, and rate of linguistically isolated households* is shown in the second table.
Ability to speak English by language spoken at home
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
56,303
100.0%
Speak only English
47,429
84.2%
Speak a language other than English
8,874
15.8%
Spanish
2,695
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
1,780
66.0%
Speak English "well"
529
19.6%
Speak English "not well"
247
9.2%
Speak English "not at all"
139
5.2%
Other Indo-European languages
5,708
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
3,814
66.8%
Speak English "well"
1,291
22.6%
Speak English "not well"
505
8.8%
Speak English "not at all"
98
1.7%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
366
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
143
39.1%
Speak English "well"
144
39.3%
Speak English "not well"
77
21.0%
Speak English "not at all"
2
0.5%
All other languages
105
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
35
33.3%
Speak English "well"
37
35.2%
Speak English "not well"
33
31.4%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Ability to speak English by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
56,303
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
8,874
15.8%
5 to 17 years
1,264
2.2%
18 to 64 years
5,792
10.3%
65 years and over
1,818
3.2%
Speak English less than "very well"
3,102
5.5%
5 to 17 years
262
0.5%
18 to 64 years
2,091
3.7%
65 years and over
749
1.3%
Linguistically isolated households*
823
Population 5 years and over in households*
55,527
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
1,471
2.6%
5 to 17 years
163
0.3%
18 to 64 years
834
1.5%
65 years and over
474
0.9%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
