Census Data

South Tyneside: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000023

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Key Facts

All Residents 147,776
Male 71,714
Female 76,062
Households 68,287
Population Density (people/km2) 2,294.2
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 143,310
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 140,074
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 4
Other UK language 1
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 1
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 0
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 51
Portuguese 146
Spanish 96
Other European language (EU) 699
Other European language (EU): Italian 60
Other European language (EU): German 30
Other European language (EU): Polish 317
Other European language (EU): Slovak 22
Other European language (EU): Czech 8
Other European language (EU): Romanian 98
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 30
Other European language (EU): Latvian 33
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 16
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 24
Other European language (EU): Greek 32
Other European language (EU): Dutch 10
Other European language (EU): Swedish 7
Other European language (EU): Danish 5
Other European language (EU): Finnish 2
Other European language (EU): Estonian 0
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 2
Other European language (EU): Maltese 2
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 1
Other European language (non EU) 47
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 34
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 3
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 1
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 9
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 14
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 14
Other European language (non-national) 1
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 1
Russian 32
Turkish 84
Arabic 262
West or Central Asian language 247
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 0
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 110
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 114
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 10
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 13
South Asian language 1,119
South Asian language: Urdu 102
South Asian language: Hindi 19
South Asian language: Panjabi 202
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 1
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 693
South Asian language: Gujarati 2
South Asian language: Marathi 1
South Asian language: Telugu 15
South Asian language: Tamil 32
South Asian language: Malayalam 25
South Asian language: Sinhala 4
South Asian language: Nepalese 17
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 6
East Asian language 294
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 23
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 49
East Asian language: All other Chinese 63
East Asian language: Japanese 9
East Asian language: Korean 1
East Asian language: Vietnamese 13
East Asian language: Thai 47
East Asian language: Malay 1
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 83
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 5
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 53
African language: Amharic 1
African language: Tigrinya 3
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 3
African language: Yoruba 5
African language: Igbo 2
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 1
African language: Luganda 2
African language: Lingala 4
African language: Shona 16
African language: Afrikaans 3
African language: Any other Nigerian language 3
African language: Any other West African language 5
African language: Any other African language 5
Sign language 83
Sign language: British Sign Language 68
Sign language: Any other sign language 1
Sign language: Any sign communication system 14
Other language 3

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