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Leeds: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000035

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Key Facts

All Residents 811,956
Male 396,374
Female 415,579
Households 341,466
Population Density (people/km2) 1,471.7
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 784,389
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 713,111
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 101
Other UK language 88
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 17
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 2
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 7
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 22
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 40
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 1,476
Portuguese 3,580
Spanish 2,344
Other European language (EU) 22,132
Other European language (EU): Italian 2,044
Other European language (EU): German 424
Other European language (EU): Polish 8,271
Other European language (EU): Slovak 752
Other European language (EU): Czech 822
Other European language (EU): Romanian 4,697
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 1,715
Other European language (EU): Latvian 467
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 793
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 443
Other European language (EU): Greek 1,183
Other European language (EU): Dutch 198
Other European language (EU): Swedish 67
Other European language (EU): Danish 51
Other European language (EU): Finnish 52
Other European language (EU): Estonian 39
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 28
Other European language (EU): Maltese 12
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 74
Other European language (non EU) 735
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 481
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 94
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 2
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 158
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 133
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 133
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 1,264
Turkish 396
Arabic 4,807
West or Central Asian language 6,136
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 58
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 2,898
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 2,297
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 773
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 110
South Asian language 14,814
South Asian language: Urdu 4,411
South Asian language: Hindi 794
South Asian language: Panjabi 4,200
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 706
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 1,569
South Asian language: Gujarati 758
South Asian language: Marathi 243
South Asian language: Telugu 485
South Asian language: Tamil 581
South Asian language: Malayalam 487
South Asian language: Sinhala 68
South Asian language: Nepalese 104
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 408
East Asian language 6,462
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 582
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 1,110
East Asian language: All other Chinese 2,938
East Asian language: Japanese 114
East Asian language: Korean 159
East Asian language: Vietnamese 339
East Asian language: Thai 349
East Asian language: Malay 271
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 506
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 94
Oceanic or Australian language 3
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 11
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 11
African language 6,228
African language: Amharic 519
African language: Tigrinya 2,042
African language: Somali 467
African language: Krio 12
African language: Akan 826
African language: Yoruba 71
African language: Igbo 165
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 229
African language: Luganda 21
African language: Lingala 130
African language: Shona 379
African language: Afrikaans 29
African language: Any other Nigerian language 89
African language: Any other West African language 731
African language: Any other African language 518
Sign language 432
Sign language: British Sign Language 383
Sign language: Any other sign language 11
Sign language: Any sign communication system 38
Other language 136

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