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Lancaster: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000121

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Key Facts

All Residents 142,934
Male 69,929
Female 73,002
Households 59,979
Population Density (people/km2) 252.1
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 138,940
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 131,571
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 52
Other UK language 10
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 2
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 3
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 4
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 0
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 1
French 140
Portuguese 205
Spanish 393
Other European language (EU) 3,555
Other European language (EU): Italian 150
Other European language (EU): German 135
Other European language (EU): Polish 2,006
Other European language (EU): Slovak 28
Other European language (EU): Czech 55
Other European language (EU): Romanian 271
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 76
Other European language (EU): Latvian 22
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 109
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 431
Other European language (EU): Greek 163
Other European language (EU): Dutch 45
Other European language (EU): Swedish 18
Other European language (EU): Danish 10
Other European language (EU): Finnish 19
Other European language (EU): Estonian 5
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 2
Other European language (EU): Maltese 1
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 9
Other European language (non EU) 51
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 17
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 13
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) 17
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 17
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 105
Turkish 131
Arabic 400
West or Central Asian language 207
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 4
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 91
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 78
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 23
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 11
South Asian language 628
South Asian language: Urdu 107
South Asian language: Hindi 41
South Asian language: Panjabi 46
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 54
South Asian language: Gujarati 98
South Asian language: Marathi 23
South Asian language: Telugu 48
South Asian language: Tamil 95
South Asian language: Malayalam 79
South Asian language: Sinhala 9
South Asian language: Nepalese 8
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 20
East Asian language 1,309
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 112
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 161
East Asian language: All other Chinese 748
East Asian language: Japanese 24
East Asian language: Korean 26
East Asian language: Vietnamese 12
East Asian language: Thai 53
East Asian language: Malay 41
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 121
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 11
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 109
African language: Amharic 0
African language: Tigrinya 22
African language: Somali 2
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 0
African language: Yoruba 16
African language: Igbo 9
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 13
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 3
African language: Shona 12
African language: Afrikaans 6
African language: Any other Nigerian language 8
African language: Any other West African language 2
African language: Any other African language 16
Sign language 52
Sign language: British Sign Language 43
Sign language: Any other sign language 0
Sign language: Any sign communication system 9
Other language 5

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