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St. Helens: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000013

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Key Facts

All Residents 183,248
Male 89,914
Female 93,334
Households 81,013
Population Density (people/km2) 1,343.6
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 177,612
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 172,666
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 18
Other UK language 6
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 1
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 1
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 2
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 2
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 47
Portuguese 220
Spanish 158
Other European language (EU) 2,770
Other European language (EU): Italian 85
Other European language (EU): German 18
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,077
Other European language (EU): Slovak 169
Other European language (EU): Czech 62
Other European language (EU): Romanian 633
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 92
Other European language (EU): Latvian 59
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 320
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 166
Other European language (EU): Greek 48
Other European language (EU): Dutch 13
Other European language (EU): Swedish 2
Other European language (EU): Danish 6
Other European language (EU): Finnish 3
Other European language (EU): Estonian 11
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 3
Other European language (EU): Maltese 2
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 1
Other European language (non EU) 31
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 26
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 0
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 2
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 3
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 13
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 13
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 59
Turkish 101
Arabic 266
West or Central Asian language 132
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 1
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 81
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 43
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 4
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 3
South Asian language 523
South Asian language: Urdu 40
South Asian language: Hindi 16
South Asian language: Panjabi 24
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 73
South Asian language: Gujarati 11
South Asian language: Marathi 4
South Asian language: Telugu 18
South Asian language: Tamil 213
South Asian language: Malayalam 57
South Asian language: Sinhala 64
South Asian language: Nepalese 0
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 3
East Asian language 431
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 18
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 100
East Asian language: All other Chinese 167
East Asian language: Japanese 2
East Asian language: Korean 1
East Asian language: Vietnamese 32
East Asian language: Thai 37
East Asian language: Malay 4
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 63
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 7
Oceanic or Australian language 1
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 84
African language: Amharic 0
African language: Tigrinya 3
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 15
African language: Yoruba 2
African language: Igbo 9
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 4
African language: Luganda 1
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 15
African language: Afrikaans 6
African language: Any other Nigerian language 5
African language: Any other West African language 2
African language: Any other African language 22
Sign language 83
Sign language: British Sign Language 65
Sign language: Any other sign language 8
Sign language: Any sign communication system 10
Other language 2

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