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Newcastle upon Tyne: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000021

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Key Facts

All Residents 300,125
Male 148,323
Female 151,802
Households 122,797
Population Density (people/km2) 2,646.1
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 290,963
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 260,069
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 22
Other UK language 16
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 2
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 3
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 1
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 6
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 4
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 582
Portuguese 1,215
Spanish 1,056
Other European language (EU) 8,276
Other European language (EU): Italian 780
Other European language (EU): German 265
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,641
Other European language (EU): Slovak 909
Other European language (EU): Czech 1,099
Other European language (EU): Romanian 1,805
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 344
Other European language (EU): Latvian 94
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 142
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 292
Other European language (EU): Greek 666
Other European language (EU): Dutch 105
Other European language (EU): Swedish 37
Other European language (EU): Danish 7
Other European language (EU): Finnish 25
Other European language (EU): Estonian 11
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 29
Other European language (EU): Maltese 4
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 21
Other European language (non EU) 169
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 106
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 31
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 1
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 31
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 150
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 150
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 424
Turkish 438
Arabic 3,399
West or Central Asian language 2,741
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 6
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 889
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 1,512
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 258
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 76
South Asian language 7,108
South Asian language: Urdu 1,406
South Asian language: Hindi 408
South Asian language: Panjabi 939
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 101
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 2,228
South Asian language: Gujarati 112
South Asian language: Marathi 112
South Asian language: Telugu 706
South Asian language: Tamil 314
South Asian language: Malayalam 446
South Asian language: Sinhala 62
South Asian language: Nepalese 71
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 203
East Asian language 4,006
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 322
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 659
East Asian language: All other Chinese 2,111
East Asian language: Japanese 75
East Asian language: Korean 62
East Asian language: Vietnamese 115
East Asian language: Thai 109
East Asian language: Malay 119
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 391
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 43
Oceanic or Australian language 2
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 6
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 6
African language 1,121
African language: Amharic 115
African language: Tigrinya 307
African language: Somali 18
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 18
African language: Yoruba 54
African language: Igbo 116
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 71
African language: Luganda 5
African language: Lingala 71
African language: Shona 67
African language: Afrikaans 19
African language: Any other Nigerian language 74
African language: Any other West African language 70
African language: Any other African language 116
Sign language 128
Sign language: British Sign Language 108
Sign language: Any other sign language 7
Sign language: Any sign communication system 13
Other language 35

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