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Salford: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000006

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Key Facts

All Residents 269,923
Male 135,534
Female 134,389
Households 115,116
Population Density (people/km2) 2,777.2
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 259,368
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 229,864
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 73
Other UK language 15
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 8
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 1
Other UK language: Cornish 1
Other UK language: Scots 2
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 3
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 657
Portuguese 2,685
Spanish 1,469
Other European language (EU) 10,448
Other European language (EU): Italian 957
Other European language (EU): German 117
Other European language (EU): Polish 4,813
Other European language (EU): Slovak 370
Other European language (EU): Czech 426
Other European language (EU): Romanian 1,378
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 376
Other European language (EU): Latvian 152
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 367
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 651
Other European language (EU): Greek 579
Other European language (EU): Dutch 97
Other European language (EU): Swedish 43
Other European language (EU): Danish 21
Other European language (EU): Finnish 25
Other European language (EU): Estonian 20
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 10
Other European language (EU): Maltese 11
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 35
Other European language (non EU) 400
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 222
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 136
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 5
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 37
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 47
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 47
Other European language (non-national) 1,037
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 1,037
Russian 401
Turkish 233
Arabic 2,461
West or Central Asian language 2,431
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 411
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 663
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 1,154
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 155
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 48
South Asian language 2,952
South Asian language: Urdu 908
South Asian language: Hindi 239
South Asian language: Panjabi 378
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 3
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 220
South Asian language: Gujarati 143
South Asian language: Marathi 48
South Asian language: Telugu 115
South Asian language: Tamil 276
South Asian language: Malayalam 424
South Asian language: Sinhala 30
South Asian language: Nepalese 58
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 110
East Asian language 2,145
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 195
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 782
East Asian language: All other Chinese 666
East Asian language: Japanese 25
East Asian language: Korean 15
East Asian language: Vietnamese 55
East Asian language: Thai 93
East Asian language: Malay 21
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 194
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 99
Oceanic or Australian language 1
North or South American language 1
Caribbean Creole 3
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 3
African language 1,868
African language: Amharic 110
African language: Tigrinya 845
African language: Somali 49
African language: Krio 3
African language: Akan 46
African language: Yoruba 91
African language: Igbo 96
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 53
African language: Luganda 9
African language: Lingala 107
African language: Shona 86
African language: Afrikaans 12
African language: Any other Nigerian language 61
African language: Any other West African language 106
African language: Any other African language 194
Sign language 116
Sign language: British Sign Language 104
Sign language: Any other sign language 7
Sign language: Any sign communication system 5
Other language 61

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