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Wigan: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000010

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Key Facts

All Residents 329,330
Male 162,997
Female 166,333
Households 143,105
Population Density (people/km2) 1,750.0
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 319,104
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 307,912
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 17
Other UK language 11
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 6
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 3
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 2
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 170
Portuguese 592
Spanish 291
Other European language (EU) 5,821
Other European language (EU): Italian 202
Other European language (EU): German 61
Other European language (EU): Polish 2,059
Other European language (EU): Slovak 249
Other European language (EU): Czech 136
Other European language (EU): Romanian 1,653
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 537
Other European language (EU): Latvian 262
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 226
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 218
Other European language (EU): Greek 145
Other European language (EU): Dutch 27
Other European language (EU): Swedish 8
Other European language (EU): Danish 4
Other European language (EU): Finnish 4
Other European language (EU): Estonian 8
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 10
Other European language (EU): Maltese 2
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 10
Other European language (non EU) 108
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 85
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 13
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 10
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 8
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 8
Other European language (non-national) 4
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 4
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 243
Turkish 175
Arabic 580
West or Central Asian language 813
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 3
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 449
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 320
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 13
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 28
South Asian language 1,170
South Asian language: Urdu 313
South Asian language: Hindi 50
South Asian language: Panjabi 127
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 2
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 49
South Asian language: Gujarati 70
South Asian language: Marathi 10
South Asian language: Telugu 26
South Asian language: Tamil 193
South Asian language: Malayalam 277
South Asian language: Sinhala 35
South Asian language: Nepalese 0
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 18
East Asian language 825
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 100
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 143
East Asian language: All other Chinese 301
East Asian language: Japanese 17
East Asian language: Korean 3
East Asian language: Vietnamese 52
East Asian language: Thai 105
East Asian language: Malay 9
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 74
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 21
Oceanic or Australian language 2
North or South American language 1
Caribbean Creole 2
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 1
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 1
African language 258
African language: Amharic 24
African language: Tigrinya 14
African language: Somali 3
African language: Krio 2
African language: Akan 4
African language: Yoruba 20
African language: Igbo 6
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 13
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 14
African language: Shona 42
African language: Afrikaans 12
African language: Any other Nigerian language 4
African language: Any other West African language 20
African language: Any other African language 80
Sign language 93
Sign language: British Sign Language 73
Sign language: Any other sign language 11
Sign language: Any sign communication system 9
Other language 8

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