Talk:Batley

message: At what point does Batley end and Dewsbury begin? The two towns merge into one another, but there must be a boundary somewhere, right?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.174.8.199 (talk) 14:21, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Batley/Dewsbury distinction 

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thread_title: Assessment comment

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I have used the 2011 Census figures to clarify the population of Batley, they can be updated when 2021 figures are published next year. I have also removed irrelevant information. Esemgee (talk) 10:39, 30 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population 

message: This section is very limited in scope, the pictures of places of worship, whilst not entirely unconnected with Demographics, would probably be best placed in the previous section - there are some important ones missed out as well, such as St Mary’s RC Church. Bearing in mind Batley’s significant RC population, many of whom are of Irish descent this would seem quite an omission
The rest of the section deals only with ethnicity - and only about ‘South Asian’ ethnicity. It’s very narrow in scope. It’s also very misleading. The figures given relating to Batley East & Batley West - which are perhaps council wards ???   But gives the impression of covering two halves of the town. The source given is a no longer maintained government website that has since been archived - its not easy to access that information from the given source.
In fact the figure from 2011 for people giving their ethnicity as “Asian” is 19.8% , which is wildly out of kilter with figures given. The text on the page says : “The South Asian population is … “ this is an imprecise expression - it could imply either people who were born in South Asia, or are citizens of countries in South Asia; or it may (I’m guessing does) refer to people who describe themselves as being of South Asian ethnicity. Since many of the latter will be second, third or later generations of descendants of South Asian immigrants, it’s likely to be a bigger number than the former. The use of the term “South Asian” is also problematic, as it’s not a category on the census return, and the figures given are claimed to be taken from the census. No one could have given this as a response in the census (although it could be extrapolated) The expression is used often in the US, to distinguish between Asian in a US sense, which usually refers to China, Japan, Hong Kong, etc and Asian in a British sense which normally refers primarily to India, Pakistan and Bangladesh - its understandable as Wiki is a world wide platform - but needs clarification. 
Demography is a far wider subject than is presented here
2A02:C7E:E6A:8A00:941D:90D2:DBF4:1364 (talk) 23:44, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, but we need sources if we're to improve it. – Joe (talk) 07:19, 22 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Demography