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Solihull: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000029

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Key Facts

All Residents 216,240
Male 104,960
Female 111,280
Households 89,483
Population Density (people/km2) 1,212.9
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 209,543
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 200,119
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 17
Other UK language 7
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 2
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 1
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 0
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 4
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 260
Portuguese 245
Spanish 243
Other European language (EU) 1,964
Other European language (EU): Italian 116
Other European language (EU): German 91
Other European language (EU): Polish 719
Other European language (EU): Slovak 32
Other European language (EU): Czech 30
Other European language (EU): Romanian 492
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 63
Other European language (EU): Latvian 33
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 113
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 55
Other European language (EU): Greek 144
Other European language (EU): Dutch 30
Other European language (EU): Swedish 7
Other European language (EU): Danish 10
Other European language (EU): Finnish 10
Other European language (EU): Estonian 1
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 1
Other European language (EU): Maltese 4
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 13
Other European language (non EU) 80
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 62
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 8
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 10
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 31
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 31
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 129
Turkish 107
Arabic 453
West or Central Asian language 343
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 4
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 53
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 178
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 105
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 3
South Asian language 4,228
South Asian language: Urdu 664
South Asian language: Hindi 262
South Asian language: Panjabi 1,163
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 95
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 245
South Asian language: Gujarati 665
South Asian language: Marathi 88
South Asian language: Telugu 317
South Asian language: Tamil 411
South Asian language: Malayalam 127
South Asian language: Sinhala 28
South Asian language: Nepalese 12
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 151
East Asian language 1,063
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 88
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 364
East Asian language: All other Chinese 343
East Asian language: Japanese 57
East Asian language: Korean 16
East Asian language: Vietnamese 39
East Asian language: Thai 64
East Asian language: Malay 11
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 71
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 10
Oceanic or Australian language 0
North or South American language 1
Caribbean Creole 6
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 6
African language 135
African language: Amharic 6
African language: Tigrinya 8
African language: Somali 8
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 6
African language: Yoruba 9
African language: Igbo 9
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 12
African language: Luganda 1
African language: Lingala 7
African language: Shona 23
African language: Afrikaans 21
African language: Any other Nigerian language 3
African language: Any other West African language 2
African language: Any other African language 20
Sign language 97
Sign language: British Sign Language 72
Sign language: Any other sign language 6
Sign language: Any sign communication system 19
Other language 15

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