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Bradford: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000032

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Key Facts

All Residents 546,412
Male 267,444
Female 278,968
Households 209,867
Population Density (people/km2) 1,491.2
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 525,112
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 459,904
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 22
Other UK language 11
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 1
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 1
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 7
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 1
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 1
French 348
Portuguese 325
Spanish 638
Other European language (EU) 15,008
Other European language (EU): Italian 608
Other European language (EU): German 125
Other European language (EU): Polish 5,992
Other European language (EU): Slovak 3,227
Other European language (EU): Czech 904
Other European language (EU): Romanian 1,448
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 553
Other European language (EU): Latvian 825
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 659
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 166
Other European language (EU): Greek 243
Other European language (EU): Dutch 72
Other European language (EU): Swedish 64
Other European language (EU): Danish 17
Other European language (EU): Finnish 10
Other European language (EU): Estonian 19
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 64
Other European language (EU): Maltese 6
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 6
Other European language (non EU) 221
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 156
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 41
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 2
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 22
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 70
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 70
Other European language (non-national) 2
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 1
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 1
Russian 751
Turkish 105
Arabic 2,445
West or Central Asian language 4,218
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 0
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 896
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 525
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 2,754
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 43
South Asian language 37,694
South Asian language: Urdu 15,270
South Asian language: Hindi 293
South Asian language: Panjabi 13,558
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 1,429
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 3,415
South Asian language: Gujarati 1,762
South Asian language: Marathi 79
South Asian language: Telugu 67
South Asian language: Tamil 215
South Asian language: Malayalam 295
South Asian language: Sinhala 39
South Asian language: Nepalese 91
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 1,181
East Asian language 1,324
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 132
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 215
East Asian language: All other Chinese 303
East Asian language: Japanese 34
East Asian language: Korean 19
East Asian language: Vietnamese 100
East Asian language: Thai 102
East Asian language: Malay 28
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 331
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 60
Oceanic or Australian language 4
North or South American language 1
Caribbean Creole 4
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 1
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 3
African language 1,467
African language: Amharic 56
African language: Tigrinya 159
African language: Somali 219
African language: Krio 3
African language: Akan 26
African language: Yoruba 45
African language: Igbo 45
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 224
African language: Luganda 5
African language: Lingala 55
African language: Shona 98
African language: Afrikaans 16
African language: Any other Nigerian language 57
African language: Any other West African language 237
African language: Any other African language 222
Sign language 385
Sign language: British Sign Language 319
Sign language: Any other sign language 33
Sign language: Any sign communication system 33
Other language 165

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