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
174,136
English (English or Welsh in Wales)
164,367
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only)
11
Other UK language
11
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)
3
Other UK language: Cornish
0
Other UK language: Scots
6
Other UK language: Ulster Scots
0
Other UK language: Romany English
2
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant
0
French
145
Portuguese
1,039
Spanish
299
Other European language (EU)
5,504
Other European language (EU): Italian
230
Other European language (EU): German
84
Other European language (EU): Polish
2,458
Other European language (EU): Slovak
101
Other European language (EU): Czech
84
Other European language (EU): Romanian
1,177
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian
550
Other European language (EU): Latvian
131
Other European language (EU): Hungarian
261
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian
208
Other European language (EU): Greek
96
Other European language (EU): Dutch
47
Other European language (EU): Swedish
38
Other European language (EU): Danish
10
Other European language (EU): Finnish
10
Other European language (EU): Estonian
4
Other European language (EU): Slovenian
4
Other European language (EU): Maltese
3
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU)
8
Other European language (non EU)
115
Other European language (non EU): Albanian
84
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian
26
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU)
1
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU)
4
Other European language (EU and non-EU)
29
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin
29
Other European language (non-national)
0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language
0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish
0
Russian
226
Turkish
214
Arabic
77
West or Central Asian language
154
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew
1
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish
56
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi
36
West or Central Asian language: Pashto
56
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language
5
South Asian language
950
South Asian language: Urdu
189
South Asian language: Hindi
94
South Asian language: Panjabi
22
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari)
0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya)
91
South Asian language: Gujarati
32
South Asian language: Marathi
8
South Asian language: Telugu
16
South Asian language: Tamil
98
South Asian language: Malayalam
291
South Asian language: Sinhala
13
South Asian language: Nepalese
72
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language
24
East Asian language
782
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese
52
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese
53
East Asian language: All other Chinese
120
East Asian language: Japanese
50
East Asian language: Korean
13
East Asian language: Vietnamese
25
East Asian language: Thai
99
East Asian language: Malay
8
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino
320
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language
42
Oceanic or Australian language
10
North or South American language
1
Caribbean Creole
7
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole
1
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole
6
African language
142
African language: Amharic
0
African language: Tigrinya
10
African language: Somali
3
African language: Krio
2
African language: Akan
0
African language: Yoruba
5
African language: Igbo
12
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili
1
African language: Luganda
1
African language: Lingala
1
African language: Shona
34
African language: Afrikaans
34
African language: Any other Nigerian language
2
African language: Any other West African language
8
African language: Any other African language
29
Sign language
45
Sign language: British Sign Language
32
Sign language: Any other sign language
1
Sign language: Any sign communication system
12
Other language
8
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