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Wirral: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000015

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Key Facts

All Residents 320,199
Male 155,077
Female 165,122
Households 143,252
Population Density (people/km2) 1,989.7
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 310,690
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 303,454
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 100
Other UK language 11
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 1
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 2
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 5
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 107
Portuguese 189
Spanish 266
Other European language (EU) 2,543
Other European language (EU): Italian 113
Other European language (EU): German 124
Other European language (EU): Polish 974
Other European language (EU): Slovak 59
Other European language (EU): Czech 42
Other European language (EU): Romanian 610
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 75
Other European language (EU): Latvian 20
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 210
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 72
Other European language (EU): Greek 121
Other European language (EU): Dutch 62
Other European language (EU): Swedish 19
Other European language (EU): Danish 11
Other European language (EU): Finnish 8
Other European language (EU): Estonian 4
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 2
Other European language (EU): Maltese 8
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 9
Other European language (non EU) 62
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 41
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 12
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 9
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 38
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 38
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 99
Turkish 160
Arabic 357
West or Central Asian language 310
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 1
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 195
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 95
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 7
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 12
South Asian language 1,577
South Asian language: Urdu 100
South Asian language: Hindi 69
South Asian language: Panjabi 120
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 421
South Asian language: Gujarati 21
South Asian language: Marathi 12
South Asian language: Telugu 18
South Asian language: Tamil 379
South Asian language: Malayalam 287
South Asian language: Sinhala 46
South Asian language: Nepalese 70
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 34
East Asian language 1,157
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 86
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 272
East Asian language: All other Chinese 434
East Asian language: Japanese 30
East Asian language: Korean 18
East Asian language: Vietnamese 70
East Asian language: Thai 94
East Asian language: Malay 14
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 123
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 16
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 8
African language: Tigrinya 4
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 9
African language: Yoruba 16
African language: Igbo 8
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 9
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 1
African language: Shona 25
African language: Afrikaans 11
African language: Any other Nigerian language 6
African language: Any other West African language 1
African language: Any other African language 8
Sign language 139
Sign language: British Sign Language 126
Sign language: Any other sign language 4
Sign language: Any sign communication system 9
Other language 14

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