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
100,064
English (English or Welsh in Wales)
98,582
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only)
6
Other UK language
0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish)
0
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
0
Other UK language: Ulster Scots
0
Other UK language: Romany English
0
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant
0
French
29
Portuguese
94
Spanish
68
Other European language (EU)
769
Other European language (EU): Italian
31
Other European language (EU): German
33
Other European language (EU): Polish
243
Other European language (EU): Slovak
4
Other European language (EU): Czech
7
Other European language (EU): Romanian
174
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian
75
Other European language (EU): Latvian
15
Other European language (EU): Hungarian
54
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian
71
Other European language (EU): Greek
15
Other European language (EU): Dutch
19
Other European language (EU): Swedish
5
Other European language (EU): Danish
10
Other European language (EU): Finnish
4
Other European language (EU): Estonian
4
Other European language (EU): Slovenian
0
Other European language (EU): Maltese
5
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU)
0
Other European language (non EU)
17
Other European language (non EU): Albanian
12
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian
2
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU)
0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU)
3
Other European language (EU and non-EU)
2
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin
2
Other European language (non-national)
0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language
0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish
0
Russian
27
Turkish
54
Arabic
17
West or Central Asian language
10
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew
1
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish
4
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi
0
West or Central Asian language: Pashto
2
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language
3
South Asian language
158
South Asian language: Urdu
6
South Asian language: Hindi
10
South Asian language: Panjabi
4
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari)
0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya)
9
South Asian language: Gujarati
8
South Asian language: Marathi
0
South Asian language: Telugu
0
South Asian language: Tamil
18
South Asian language: Malayalam
19
South Asian language: Sinhala
3
South Asian language: Nepalese
77
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language
4
East Asian language
162
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese
10
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese
24
East Asian language: All other Chinese
50
East Asian language: Japanese
5
East Asian language: Korean
3
East Asian language: Vietnamese
7
East Asian language: Thai
32
East Asian language: Malay
4
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino
25
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language
2
Oceanic or Australian language
9
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
36
African language: Amharic
0
African language: Tigrinya
4
African language: Somali
0
African language: Krio
0
African language: Akan
1
African language: Yoruba
1
African language: Igbo
2
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili
0
African language: Luganda
0
African language: Lingala
0
African language: Shona
3
African language: Afrikaans
10
African language: Any other Nigerian language
0
African language: Any other West African language
6
African language: Any other African language
9
Sign language
20
Sign language: British Sign Language
12
Sign language: Any other sign language
1
Sign language: Any sign communication system
7
Other language
3
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