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Knowsley: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000011

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Key Facts

All Residents 154,519
Male 73,849
Female 80,668
Households 66,073
Population Density (people/km2) 1,787.0
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 148,770
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 144,261
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 26
Other UK language 6
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 0
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 5
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 20
Portuguese 422
Spanish 172
Other European language (EU) 2,206
Other European language (EU): Italian 87
Other European language (EU): German 27
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,011
Other European language (EU): Slovak 42
Other European language (EU): Czech 49
Other European language (EU): Romanian 498
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 179
Other European language (EU): Latvian 34
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 125
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 85
Other European language (EU): Greek 45
Other European language (EU): Dutch 12
Other European language (EU): Swedish 2
Other European language (EU): Danish 3
Other European language (EU): Finnish 1
Other European language (EU): Estonian 1
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 1
Other European language (EU): Maltese 3
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 1
Other European language (non EU) 32
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 16
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) 3
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 7
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 7
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 68
Turkish 100
Arabic 202
West or Central Asian language 147
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 6
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 71
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 62
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 3
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 5
South Asian language 596
South Asian language: Urdu 44
South Asian language: Hindi 10
South Asian language: Panjabi 33
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 6
South Asian language: Gujarati 6
South Asian language: Marathi 7
South Asian language: Telugu 10
South Asian language: Tamil 174
South Asian language: Malayalam 273
South Asian language: Sinhala 26
South Asian language: Nepalese 0
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 7
East Asian language 310
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 30
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 75
East Asian language: All other Chinese 112
East Asian language: Japanese 6
East Asian language: Korean 2
East Asian language: Vietnamese 16
East Asian language: Thai 14
East Asian language: Malay 6
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 44
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 5
Oceanic or Australian language 0
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 1
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 1
African language 106
African language: Amharic 2
African language: Tigrinya 10
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 7
African language: Yoruba 9
African language: Igbo 10
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 9
African language: Luganda 3
African language: Lingala 3
African language: Shona 23
African language: Afrikaans 4
African language: Any other Nigerian language 5
African language: Any other West African language 7
African language: Any other African language 14
Sign language 84
Sign language: British Sign Language 64
Sign language: Any other sign language 4
Sign language: Any sign communication system 16
Other language 4

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