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Blackburn with Darwen: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E06000008

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Key Facts

All Residents 154,738
Male 76,696
Female 78,043
Households 58,767
Population Density (people/km2) 1,129.4
Table Codets024
Issued2022-11-29
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options95

This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by their main language. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

A person's first or preferred language.

This shows a detailed breakdown of the responses given in the write-in option "Other, write in".

Main language (detailed): Total: All usual residents aged 3 years and over 148,710
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 130,160
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 5
Other UK language 16
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 1
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 2
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 5
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 7
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 1
French 130
Portuguese 119
Spanish 187
Other European language (EU) 3,625
Other European language (EU): Italian 273
Other European language (EU): German 34
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,910
Other European language (EU): Slovak 76
Other European language (EU): Czech 33
Other European language (EU): Romanian 607
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 177
Other European language (EU): Latvian 148
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 125
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 182
Other European language (EU): Greek 33
Other European language (EU): Dutch 15
Other European language (EU): Swedish 1
Other European language (EU): Danish 4
Other European language (EU): Finnish 0
Other European language (EU): Estonian 1
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 4
Other European language (EU): Maltese 0
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 2
Other European language (non EU) 51
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 21
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 9
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 21
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 5
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 5
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 128
Turkish 31
Arabic 555
West or Central Asian language 637
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 0
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 250
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 104
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 256
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 27
South Asian language 12,519
South Asian language: Urdu 4,266
South Asian language: Hindi 94
South Asian language: Panjabi 3,070
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 37
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 414
South Asian language: Gujarati 4,088
South Asian language: Marathi 20
South Asian language: Telugu 6
South Asian language: Tamil 52
South Asian language: Malayalam 193
South Asian language: Sinhala 12
South Asian language: Nepalese 4
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 263
East Asian language 288
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 41
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 64
East Asian language: All other Chinese 83
East Asian language: Japanese 0
East Asian language: Korean 2
East Asian language: Vietnamese 12
East Asian language: Thai 27
East Asian language: Malay 11
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 29
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 19
Oceanic or Australian language 0
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 0
African language 122
African language: Amharic 7
African language: Tigrinya 13
African language: Somali 16
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 2
African language: Yoruba 7
African language: Igbo 10
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 15
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 7
African language: Shona 13
African language: Afrikaans 5
African language: Any other Nigerian language 9
African language: Any other West African language 6
African language: Any other African language 12
Sign language 104
Sign language: British Sign Language 93
Sign language: Any other sign language 5
Sign language: Any sign communication system 6
Other language 28

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