Census Data

Rochdale: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000005

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Key Facts

All Residents 223,773
Male 109,718
Female 114,055
Households 90,223
Population Density (people/km2) 1,415.6
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 215,163
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 194,800
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 10
Other UK language 4
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 2
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 1
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 184
Portuguese 1,287
Spanish 448
Other European language (EU) 4,650
Other European language (EU): Italian 313
Other European language (EU): German 67
Other European language (EU): Polish 2,628
Other European language (EU): Slovak 169
Other European language (EU): Czech 100
Other European language (EU): Romanian 669
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 267
Other European language (EU): Latvian 91
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 111
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 112
Other European language (EU): Greek 79
Other European language (EU): Dutch 25
Other European language (EU): Swedish 2
Other European language (EU): Danish 5
Other European language (EU): Finnish 2
Other European language (EU): Estonian 0
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 3
Other European language (EU): Maltese 4
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 3
Other European language (non EU) 103
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 56
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 41
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 6
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 28
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 28
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 152
Turkish 74
Arabic 607
West or Central Asian language 842
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 2
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 399
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 283
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 126
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 32
South Asian language 10,579
South Asian language: Urdu 5,218
South Asian language: Hindi 38
South Asian language: Panjabi 1,818
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 1,384
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 1,413
South Asian language: Gujarati 45
South Asian language: Marathi 5
South Asian language: Telugu 8
South Asian language: Tamil 72
South Asian language: Malayalam 145
South Asian language: Sinhala 12
South Asian language: Nepalese 58
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 363
East Asian language 607
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 96
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 127
East Asian language: All other Chinese 197
East Asian language: Japanese 7
East Asian language: Korean 2
East Asian language: Vietnamese 33
East Asian language: Thai 62
East Asian language: Malay 20
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 53
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 10
Oceanic or Australian language 3
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 2
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 2
African language 628
African language: Amharic 12
African language: Tigrinya 70
African language: Somali 7
African language: Krio 3
African language: Akan 15
African language: Yoruba 68
African language: Igbo 92
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 96
African language: Luganda 4
African language: Lingala 27
African language: Shona 57
African language: Afrikaans 4
African language: Any other Nigerian language 39
African language: Any other West African language 52
African language: Any other African language 82
Sign language 108
Sign language: British Sign Language 86
Sign language: Any other sign language 11
Sign language: Any sign communication system 11
Other language 47

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