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Manchester: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000003

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Key Facts

All Residents 551,938
Male 274,061
Female 277,877
Households 214,729
Population Density (people/km2) 4,772.7
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 531,483
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 434,289
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 220
Other UK language 68
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 23
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 6
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 7
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 8
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 23
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 1
French 2,117
Portuguese 3,239
Spanish 4,032
Other European language (EU) 18,740
Other European language (EU): Italian 3,142
Other European language (EU): German 589
Other European language (EU): Polish 6,471
Other European language (EU): Slovak 353
Other European language (EU): Czech 800
Other European language (EU): Romanian 2,834
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 776
Other European language (EU): Latvian 313
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 742
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 605
Other European language (EU): Greek 1,360
Other European language (EU): Dutch 283
Other European language (EU): Swedish 140
Other European language (EU): Danish 71
Other European language (EU): Finnish 79
Other European language (EU): Estonian 50
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 20
Other European language (EU): Maltese 7
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 105
Other European language (non EU) 731
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 427
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 158
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 5
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 141
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 153
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 153
Other European language (non-national) 63
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 1
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 62
Russian 830
Turkish 634
Arabic 10,425
West or Central Asian language 6,819
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 67
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 2,425
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 2,580
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 1,580
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 167
South Asian language 30,679
South Asian language: Urdu 17,572
South Asian language: Hindi 724
South Asian language: Panjabi 4,591
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 202
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 3,367
South Asian language: Gujarati 387
South Asian language: Marathi 101
South Asian language: Telugu 495
South Asian language: Tamil 549
South Asian language: Malayalam 1,947
South Asian language: Sinhala 140
South Asian language: Nepalese 193
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 411
East Asian language 9,867
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 952
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 2,061
East Asian language: All other Chinese 5,019
East Asian language: Japanese 135
East Asian language: Korean 191
East Asian language: Vietnamese 439
East Asian language: Thai 204
East Asian language: Malay 433
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 241
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 192
Oceanic or Australian language 0
North or South American language 1
Caribbean Creole 44
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 6
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 38
African language 8,072
African language: Amharic 365
African language: Tigrinya 1,297
African language: Somali 2,415
African language: Krio 25
African language: Akan 690
African language: Yoruba 457
African language: Igbo 578
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 462
African language: Luganda 53
African language: Lingala 165
African language: Shona 207
African language: Afrikaans 37
African language: Any other Nigerian language 250
African language: Any other West African language 547
African language: Any other African language 524
Sign language 299
Sign language: British Sign Language 265
Sign language: Any other sign language 29
Sign language: Any sign communication system 5
Other language 161

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