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Burnley: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000117

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Key Facts

All Residents 94,646
Male 46,797
Female 47,849
Households 39,872
Population Density (people/km2) 855.0
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 91,238
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 83,069
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 6
Other UK language 5
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 3
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 2
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 0
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 11
Portuguese 82
Spanish 89
Other European language (EU) 3,204
Other European language (EU): Italian 139
Other European language (EU): German 16
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,016
Other European language (EU): Slovak 200
Other European language (EU): Czech 109
Other European language (EU): Romanian 604
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 293
Other European language (EU): Latvian 90
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 101
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 543
Other European language (EU): Greek 72
Other European language (EU): Dutch 11
Other European language (EU): Swedish 1
Other European language (EU): Danish 3
Other European language (EU): Finnish 0
Other European language (EU): Estonian 0
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 2
Other European language (EU): Maltese 3
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 1
Other European language (non EU) 31
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 21
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 3
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 7
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 1
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 1
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 77
Turkish 48
Arabic 123
West or Central Asian language 622
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 0
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 38
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 22
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 561
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 1
South Asian language 3,516
South Asian language: Urdu 1,560
South Asian language: Hindi 9
South Asian language: Panjabi 1,018
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 9
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 799
South Asian language: Gujarati 31
South Asian language: Marathi 1
South Asian language: Telugu 3
South Asian language: Tamil 25
South Asian language: Malayalam 21
South Asian language: Sinhala 2
South Asian language: Nepalese 4
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 34
East Asian language 244
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 10
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 19
East Asian language: All other Chinese 44
East Asian language: Japanese 1
East Asian language: Korean 4
East Asian language: Vietnamese 13
East Asian language: Thai 46
East Asian language: Malay 11
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 81
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 15
Oceanic or Australian language 0
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 47
African language: Amharic 4
African language: Tigrinya 2
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 0
African language: Yoruba 9
African language: Igbo 5
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 2
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 2
African language: Afrikaans 4
African language: Any other Nigerian language 0
African language: Any other West African language 5
African language: Any other African language 14
Sign language 56
Sign language: British Sign Language 46
Sign language: Any other sign language 2
Sign language: Any sign communication system 8
Other language 6

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