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Sefton: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000014

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Key Facts

All Residents 279,233
Male 135,243
Female 143,990
Households 123,073
Population Density (people/km2) 1,783.4
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 271,410
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 261,763
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 46
Other UK language 9
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 2
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 2
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 1
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 4
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 0
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 0
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 68
Portuguese 884
Spanish 293
Other European language (EU) 5,434
Other European language (EU): Italian 252
Other European language (EU): German 62
Other European language (EU): Polish 2,353
Other European language (EU): Slovak 72
Other European language (EU): Czech 90
Other European language (EU): Romanian 1,101
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 302
Other European language (EU): Latvian 361
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 310
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 358
Other European language (EU): Greek 88
Other European language (EU): Dutch 44
Other European language (EU): Swedish 13
Other European language (EU): Danish 4
Other European language (EU): Finnish 3
Other European language (EU): Estonian 5
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 0
Other European language (EU): Maltese 5
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 11
Other European language (non EU) 78
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 49
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 18
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 1
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 10
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 12
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 12
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 165
Turkish 174
Arabic 351
West or Central Asian language 264
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 1
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 135
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 116
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 7
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 5
South Asian language 949
South Asian language: Urdu 77
South Asian language: Hindi 28
South Asian language: Panjabi 41
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 158
South Asian language: Gujarati 10
South Asian language: Marathi 9
South Asian language: Telugu 11
South Asian language: Tamil 407
South Asian language: Malayalam 119
South Asian language: Sinhala 57
South Asian language: Nepalese 24
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 8
East Asian language 698
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 40
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 208
East Asian language: All other Chinese 198
East Asian language: Japanese 24
East Asian language: Korean 6
East Asian language: Vietnamese 35
East Asian language: Thai 84
East Asian language: Malay 7
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 79
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 17
Oceanic or Australian language 0
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 0
African language 90
African language: Amharic 4
African language: Tigrinya 9
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 0
African language: Yoruba 3
African language: Igbo 5
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 2
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 17
African language: Afrikaans 5
African language: Any other Nigerian language 16
African language: Any other West African language 14
African language: Any other African language 15
Sign language 121
Sign language: British Sign Language 102
Sign language: Any other sign language 8
Sign language: Any sign communication system 11
Other language 11

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