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Stockport: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000007

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Key Facts

All Residents 294,773
Male 143,400
Female 151,373
Households 126,648
Population Density (people/km2) 2,338.3
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 285,041
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 272,788
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 48
Other UK language 17
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 6
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 2
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 1
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 4
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 4
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 244
Portuguese 353
Spanish 402
Other European language (EU) 2,679
Other European language (EU): Italian 320
Other European language (EU): German 114
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,032
Other European language (EU): Slovak 52
Other European language (EU): Czech 90
Other European language (EU): Romanian 407
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 70
Other European language (EU): Latvian 17
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 167
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 136
Other European language (EU): Greek 134
Other European language (EU): Dutch 50
Other European language (EU): Swedish 24
Other European language (EU): Danish 22
Other European language (EU): Finnish 10
Other European language (EU): Estonian 4
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 7
Other European language (EU): Maltese 6
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 17
Other European language (non EU) 107
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 67
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 20
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 3
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 17
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 141
Turkish 131
Arabic 774
West or Central Asian language 1,853
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 38
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 302
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 1,346
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 118
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 49
South Asian language 3,602
South Asian language: Urdu 1,565
South Asian language: Hindi 166
South Asian language: Panjabi 534
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 19
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 234
South Asian language: Gujarati 251
South Asian language: Marathi 27
South Asian language: Telugu 65
South Asian language: Tamil 134
South Asian language: Malayalam 455
South Asian language: Sinhala 35
South Asian language: Nepalese 25
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 92
East Asian language 1,382
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 116
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 427
East Asian language: All other Chinese 391
East Asian language: Japanese 51
East Asian language: Korean 18
East Asian language: Vietnamese 85
East Asian language: Thai 89
East Asian language: Malay 9
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 165
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 31
Oceanic or Australian language 0
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 2
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 1
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 1
African language 264
African language: Amharic 10
African language: Tigrinya 21
African language: Somali 37
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 14
African language: Yoruba 10
African language: Igbo 12
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 28
African language: Luganda 3
African language: Lingala 6
African language: Shona 34
African language: Afrikaans 14
African language: Any other Nigerian language 4
African language: Any other West African language 12
African language: Any other African language 59
Sign language 191
Sign language: British Sign Language 164
Sign language: Any other sign language 7
Sign language: Any sign communication system 20
Other language 24

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