Census Data

Sunderland: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000024

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Key Facts

All Residents 274,172
Male 133,093
Female 141,078
Households 122,177
Population Density (people/km2) 1,994.6
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 266,238
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 259,351
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 10
Other UK language 6
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 3
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 1
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 2
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 94
Portuguese 178
Spanish 134
Other European language (EU) 2,241
Other European language (EU): Italian 160
Other European language (EU): German 44
Other European language (EU): Polish 864
Other European language (EU): Slovak 39
Other European language (EU): Czech 28
Other European language (EU): Romanian 402
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 119
Other European language (EU): Latvian 41
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 83
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 116
Other European language (EU): Greek 299
Other European language (EU): Dutch 23
Other European language (EU): Swedish 3
Other European language (EU): Danish 1
Other European language (EU): Finnish 1
Other European language (EU): Estonian 6
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 6
Other European language (EU): Maltese 4
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 2
Other European language (non EU) 76
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 53
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 20
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 3
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 19
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 19
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 91
Turkish 85
Arabic 308
West or Central Asian language 356
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 0
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 164
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 151
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 24
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 17
South Asian language 1,843
South Asian language: Urdu 121
South Asian language: Hindi 48
South Asian language: Panjabi 381
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 1
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 813
South Asian language: Gujarati 16
South Asian language: Marathi 12
South Asian language: Telugu 37
South Asian language: Tamil 103
South Asian language: Malayalam 243
South Asian language: Sinhala 40
South Asian language: Nepalese 8
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 20
East Asian language 1,045
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 90
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 128
East Asian language: All other Chinese 264
East Asian language: Japanese 23
East Asian language: Korean 3
East Asian language: Vietnamese 75
East Asian language: Thai 58
East Asian language: Malay 30
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 354
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 20
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 256
African language: Amharic 20
African language: Tigrinya 18
African language: Somali 2
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 0
African language: Yoruba 35
African language: Igbo 37
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 9
African language: Luganda 2
African language: Lingala 27
African language: Shona 34
African language: Afrikaans 3
African language: Any other Nigerian language 19
African language: Any other West African language 7
African language: Any other African language 43
Sign language 140
Sign language: British Sign Language 115
Sign language: Any other sign language 5
Sign language: Any sign communication system 20
Other language 4

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