Census Data

Cheshire East: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E06000049

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Key Facts

All Residents 398,772
Male 195,577
Female 203,195
Households 174,856
Population Density (people/km2) 341.9
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 387,330
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 370,917
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 109
Other UK language 12
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 7
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 1
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 2
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 2
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 248
Portuguese 621
Spanish 525
Other European language (EU) 9,972
Other European language (EU): Italian 314
Other European language (EU): German 214
Other European language (EU): Polish 5,102
Other European language (EU): Slovak 721
Other European language (EU): Czech 173
Other European language (EU): Romanian 2,234
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 100
Other European language (EU): Latvian 34
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 214
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 441
Other European language (EU): Greek 179
Other European language (EU): Dutch 77
Other European language (EU): Swedish 59
Other European language (EU): Danish 20
Other European language (EU): Finnish 19
Other European language (EU): Estonian 28
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 20
Other European language (EU): Maltese 7
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 16
Other European language (non EU) 92
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 41
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 7
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 3
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 41
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 49
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 49
Other European language (non-national) 1
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 1
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 166
Turkish 229
Arabic 310
West or Central Asian language 415
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 8
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 231
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 143
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 11
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 22
South Asian language 1,596
South Asian language: Urdu 227
South Asian language: Hindi 158
South Asian language: Panjabi 113
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 1
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 186
South Asian language: Gujarati 60
South Asian language: Marathi 62
South Asian language: Telugu 94
South Asian language: Tamil 208
South Asian language: Malayalam 358
South Asian language: Sinhala 27
South Asian language: Nepalese 25
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 77
East Asian language 1,744
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 67
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 260
East Asian language: All other Chinese 287
East Asian language: Japanese 84
East Asian language: Korean 17
East Asian language: Vietnamese 41
East Asian language: Thai 214
East Asian language: Malay 119
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 230
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 425
Oceanic or Australian language 2
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 1
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 1
African language 203
African language: Amharic 1
African language: Tigrinya 22
African language: Somali 3
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 4
African language: Yoruba 16
African language: Igbo 14
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 11
African language: Luganda 4
African language: Lingala 1
African language: Shona 21
African language: Afrikaans 61
African language: Any other Nigerian language 1
African language: Any other West African language 10
African language: Any other African language 34
Sign language 99
Sign language: British Sign Language 80
Sign language: Any other sign language 7
Sign language: Any sign communication system 12
Other language 19

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