Census Data

Calderdale: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000033

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Key Facts

All Residents 206,631
Male 100,730
Female 105,901
Households 90,476
Population Density (people/km2) 567.8
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 200,056
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 190,762
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 11
Other UK language 8
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 4
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 3
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 0
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 118
Portuguese 75
Spanish 138
Other European language (EU) 2,957
Other European language (EU): Italian 117
Other European language (EU): German 40
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,484
Other European language (EU): Slovak 331
Other European language (EU): Czech 460
Other European language (EU): Romanian 230
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 51
Other European language (EU): Latvian 49
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 67
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 23
Other European language (EU): Greek 56
Other European language (EU): Dutch 18
Other European language (EU): Swedish 8
Other European language (EU): Danish 3
Other European language (EU): Finnish 7
Other European language (EU): Estonian 1
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 5
Other European language (EU): Maltese 6
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 1
Other European language (non EU) 65
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 37
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 18
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) 44
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 44
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 97
Turkish 49
Arabic 275
West or Central Asian language 341
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 3
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 159
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 98
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 66
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 15
South Asian language 4,570
South Asian language: Urdu 1,499
South Asian language: Hindi 93
South Asian language: Panjabi 2,130
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 174
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 160
South Asian language: Gujarati 41
South Asian language: Marathi 16
South Asian language: Telugu 149
South Asian language: Tamil 197
South Asian language: Malayalam 39
South Asian language: Sinhala 8
South Asian language: Nepalese 7
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 57
East Asian language 336
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 45
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 38
East Asian language: All other Chinese 69
East Asian language: Japanese 12
East Asian language: Korean 2
East Asian language: Vietnamese 40
East Asian language: Thai 61
East Asian language: Malay 8
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 52
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 9
Oceanic or Australian language 0
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 3
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 3
African language 106
African language: Amharic 1
African language: Tigrinya 8
African language: Somali 10
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 4
African language: Yoruba 3
African language: Igbo 5
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 4
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 2
African language: Shona 18
African language: Afrikaans 6
African language: Any other Nigerian language 1
African language: Any other West African language 9
African language: Any other African language 35
Sign language 88
Sign language: British Sign Language 76
Sign language: Any other sign language 6
Sign language: Any sign communication system 6
Other language 13

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