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Liverpool: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000012

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Key Facts

All Residents 486,088
Male 236,628
Female 249,460
Households 207,491
Population Density (people/km2) 4,346.1
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 470,439
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 425,452
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 438
Other UK language 64
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 35
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 6
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 3
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 1
Other UK language: Romany English 19
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 606
Portuguese 3,283
Spanish 2,145
Other European language (EU) 14,394
Other European language (EU): Italian 1,429
Other European language (EU): German 244
Other European language (EU): Polish 4,809
Other European language (EU): Slovak 617
Other European language (EU): Czech 734
Other European language (EU): Romanian 3,063
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 698
Other European language (EU): Latvian 157
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 795
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 694
Other European language (EU): Greek 800
Other European language (EU): Dutch 120
Other European language (EU): Swedish 53
Other European language (EU): Danish 36
Other European language (EU): Finnish 25
Other European language (EU): Estonian 39
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 17
Other European language (EU): Maltese 14
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 50
Other European language (non EU) 430
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 251
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 44
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 7
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 128
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 90
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 90
Other European language (non-national) 3
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 3
Russian 461
Turkish 698
Arabic 5,743
West or Central Asian language 3,984
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 37
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 2,084
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 1,460
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 311
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 92
South Asian language 4,438
South Asian language: Urdu 717
South Asian language: Hindi 330
South Asian language: Panjabi 184
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 608
South Asian language: Gujarati 81
South Asian language: Marathi 60
South Asian language: Telugu 175
South Asian language: Tamil 1,039
South Asian language: Malayalam 853
South Asian language: Sinhala 134
South Asian language: Nepalese 160
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 97
East Asian language 6,086
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 554
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 1,202
East Asian language: All other Chinese 3,326
East Asian language: Japanese 75
East Asian language: Korean 55
East Asian language: Vietnamese 243
East Asian language: Thai 145
East Asian language: Malay 85
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 294
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 107
Oceanic or Australian language 3
North or South American language 1
Caribbean Creole 9
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 9
African language 1,845
African language: Amharic 102
African language: Tigrinya 407
African language: Somali 542
African language: Krio 3
African language: Akan 51
African language: Yoruba 64
African language: Igbo 101
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 84
African language: Luganda 13
African language: Lingala 39
African language: Shona 89
African language: Afrikaans 16
African language: Any other Nigerian language 53
African language: Any other West African language 96
African language: Any other African language 185
Sign language 238
Sign language: British Sign Language 212
Sign language: Any other sign language 8
Sign language: Any sign communication system 18
Other language 28

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