Census Data

Walsall: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000030

Walsall added to comparison list.

Go to comparison

Key Facts

All Residents 284,124
Male 138,657
Female 145,467
Households 112,226
Population Density (people/km2) 2,733.1
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 273,410
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 246,705
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 11
Other UK language 24
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 5
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 1
Other UK language: Cornish 1
Other UK language: Scots 1
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 14
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 2
French 170
Portuguese 236
Spanish 222
Other European language (EU) 7,465
Other European language (EU): Italian 406
Other European language (EU): German 55
Other European language (EU): Polish 3,234
Other European language (EU): Slovak 485
Other European language (EU): Czech 239
Other European language (EU): Romanian 1,948
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 272
Other European language (EU): Latvian 178
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 243
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 124
Other European language (EU): Greek 185
Other European language (EU): Dutch 54
Other European language (EU): Swedish 3
Other European language (EU): Danish 4
Other European language (EU): Finnish 2
Other European language (EU): Estonian 5
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 22
Other European language (EU): Maltese 2
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 4
Other European language (non EU) 137
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 112
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 15
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) 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 170
Turkish 78
Arabic 395
West or Central Asian language 898
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 0
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 263
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 304
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 319
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 12
South Asian language 15,206
South Asian language: Urdu 2,975
South Asian language: Hindi 245
South Asian language: Panjabi 7,437
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 972
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 1,895
South Asian language: Gujarati 1,107
South Asian language: Marathi 20
South Asian language: Telugu 82
South Asian language: Tamil 128
South Asian language: Malayalam 221
South Asian language: Sinhala 18
South Asian language: Nepalese 38
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 68
East Asian language 630
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 77
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 152
East Asian language: All other Chinese 178
East Asian language: Japanese 2
East Asian language: Korean 2
East Asian language: Vietnamese 46
East Asian language: Thai 43
East Asian language: Malay 6
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 107
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 17
Oceanic or Australian language 2
North or South American language 1
Caribbean Creole 3
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 2
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 1
African language 817
African language: Amharic 17
African language: Tigrinya 37
African language: Somali 65
African language: Krio 1
African language: Akan 149
African language: Yoruba 101
African language: Igbo 65
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 32
African language: Luganda 4
African language: Lingala 23
African language: Shona 163
African language: Afrikaans 5
African language: Any other Nigerian language 45
African language: Any other West African language 54
African language: Any other African language 56
Sign language 181
Sign language: British Sign Language 143
Sign language: Any other sign language 13
Sign language: Any sign communication system 25
Other language 40

Bar chart not showing properly? Data with large numbers of options really needs a wider screen. Try rotating your fondleslab into landscape mode and refreshing the page.

censusdata.uk is a Good Stuff website

216.73.217.154 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:37:29 +0100