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Bolton: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000001

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Key Facts

All Residents 295,963
Male 145,907
Female 150,056
Households 118,789
Population Density (people/km2) 2,117.0
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 285,077
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 253,869
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 15
Other UK language 11
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 1
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 6
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 4
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 241
Portuguese 741
Spanish 460
Other European language (EU) 5,212
Other European language (EU): Italian 509
Other European language (EU): German 58
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,708
Other European language (EU): Slovak 317
Other European language (EU): Czech 226
Other European language (EU): Romanian 756
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 324
Other European language (EU): Latvian 41
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 912
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 115
Other European language (EU): Greek 126
Other European language (EU): Dutch 68
Other European language (EU): Swedish 28
Other European language (EU): Danish 15
Other European language (EU): Finnish 1
Other European language (EU): Estonian 0
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 3
Other European language (EU): Maltese 3
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 2
Other European language (non EU) 174
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 125
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 36
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 1
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 12
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 39
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 39
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 135
Turkish 179
Arabic 1,528
West or Central Asian language 2,394
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 0
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 980
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 727
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 651
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 36
South Asian language 16,411
South Asian language: Urdu 7,144
South Asian language: Hindi 195
South Asian language: Panjabi 2,196
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 109
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 303
South Asian language: Gujarati 5,716
South Asian language: Marathi 11
South Asian language: Telugu 48
South Asian language: Tamil 169
South Asian language: Malayalam 274
South Asian language: Sinhala 35
South Asian language: Nepalese 46
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 165
East Asian language 794
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 74
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 189
East Asian language: All other Chinese 261
East Asian language: Japanese 15
East Asian language: Korean 5
East Asian language: Vietnamese 54
East Asian language: Thai 65
East Asian language: Malay 10
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 68
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 53
Oceanic or Australian language 0
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 3
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 3
African language 2,697
African language: Amharic 57
African language: Tigrinya 42
African language: Somali 1,219
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 27
African language: Yoruba 47
African language: Igbo 72
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 444
African language: Luganda 1
African language: Lingala 55
African language: Shona 62
African language: Afrikaans 9
African language: Any other Nigerian language 13
African language: Any other West African language 38
African language: Any other African language 611
Sign language 133
Sign language: British Sign Language 118
Sign language: Any other sign language 10
Sign language: Any sign communication system 5
Other language 41

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