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Blackpool: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E06000009

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Key Facts

All Residents 141,036
Male 69,626
Female 71,410
Households 64,789
Population Density (people/km2) 4,041.1
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 136,701
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 130,665
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 13
Other UK language 23
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 5
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 2
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 2
Other UK language: Cornish 1
Other UK language: Scots 9
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 4
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 39
Portuguese 67
Spanish 94
Other European language (EU) 3,553
Other European language (EU): Italian 142
Other European language (EU): German 22
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,955
Other European language (EU): Slovak 42
Other European language (EU): Czech 41
Other European language (EU): Romanian 884
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 21
Other European language (EU): Latvian 128
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 156
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 72
Other European language (EU): Greek 56
Other European language (EU): Dutch 13
Other European language (EU): Swedish 7
Other European language (EU): Danish 0
Other European language (EU): Finnish 3
Other European language (EU): Estonian 2
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 1
Other European language (EU): Maltese 0
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 8
Other European language (non EU) 30
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 14
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 12
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 4
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) 3
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 3
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 59
Turkish 64
Arabic 165
West or Central Asian language 211
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 1
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 153
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 37
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 13
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 7
South Asian language 873
South Asian language: Urdu 163
South Asian language: Hindi 24
South Asian language: Panjabi 49
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 145
South Asian language: Gujarati 10
South Asian language: Marathi 4
South Asian language: Telugu 6
South Asian language: Tamil 138
South Asian language: Malayalam 291
South Asian language: Sinhala 4
South Asian language: Nepalese 27
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 12
East Asian language 730
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 47
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 76
East Asian language: All other Chinese 168
East Asian language: Japanese 3
East Asian language: Korean 1
East Asian language: Vietnamese 8
East Asian language: Thai 102
East Asian language: Malay 3
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 308
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 14
Oceanic or Australian language 2
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 38
African language: Amharic 1
African language: Tigrinya 0
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 1
African language: Yoruba 1
African language: Igbo 5
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 2
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 8
African language: Afrikaans 0
African language: Any other Nigerian language 1
African language: Any other West African language 16
African language: Any other African language 3
Sign language 62
Sign language: British Sign Language 52
Sign language: Any other sign language 6
Sign language: Any sign communication system 4
Other language 5

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