Wakefield: Main language (detailed)
Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000036
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Key Facts
All Residents | 353,368 |
Male | 173,831 |
Female | 179,539 |
Households | 153,076 |
Population Density (people/km2) | 1,043.6 |
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Table Code | ts024 |
Issued | 2022-11-29 |
Unit of Measure | Person |
Number of Response Options | 95 |
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 | 341,495 |
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English (English or Welsh in Wales) | 322,562 |
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) | 22 |
Other UK language | 13 |
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) | 1 |
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) | 0 |
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic | 0 |
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) | 3 |
Other UK language: Cornish | 0 |
Other UK language: Scots | 4 |
Other UK language: Ulster Scots | 0 |
Other UK language: Romany English | 5 |
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant | 0 |
French | 116 |
Portuguese | 396 |
Spanish | 339 |
Other European language (EU) | 11,535 |
Other European language (EU): Italian | 157 |
Other European language (EU): German | 44 |
Other European language (EU): Polish | 7,900 |
Other European language (EU): Slovak | 153 |
Other European language (EU): Czech | 288 |
Other European language (EU): Romanian | 973 |
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian | 716 |
Other European language (EU): Latvian | 607 |
Other European language (EU): Hungarian | 314 |
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian | 208 |
Other European language (EU): Greek | 103 |
Other European language (EU): Dutch | 24 |
Other European language (EU): Swedish | 16 |
Other European language (EU): Danish | 9 |
Other European language (EU): Finnish | 0 |
Other European language (EU): Estonian | 9 |
Other European language (EU): Slovenian | 8 |
Other European language (EU): Maltese | 4 |
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) | 2 |
Other European language (non EU) | 130 |
Other European language (non EU): Albanian | 97 |
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian | 19 |
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) | 2 |
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) | 12 |
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 | 581 |
Turkish | 82 |
Arabic | 497 |
West or Central Asian language | 823 |
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew | 0 |
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish | 476 |
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi | 247 |
West or Central Asian language: Pashto | 81 |
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language | 19 |
South Asian language | 2,696 |
South Asian language: Urdu | 1,040 |
South Asian language: Hindi | 70 |
South Asian language: Panjabi | 765 |
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) | 59 |
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) | 39 |
South Asian language: Gujarati | 91 |
South Asian language: Marathi | 1 |
South Asian language: Telugu | 85 |
South Asian language: Tamil | 139 |
South Asian language: Malayalam | 199 |
South Asian language: Sinhala | 58 |
South Asian language: Nepalese | 8 |
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language | 142 |
East Asian language | 841 |
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese | 90 |
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese | 162 |
East Asian language: All other Chinese | 214 |
East Asian language: Japanese | 19 |
East Asian language: Korean | 6 |
East Asian language: Vietnamese | 68 |
East Asian language: Thai | 125 |
East Asian language: Malay | 12 |
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino | 129 |
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language | 16 |
Oceanic or Australian language | 1 |
North or South American language | 0 |
Caribbean Creole | 0 |
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole | 0 |
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole | 0 |
African language | 638 |
African language: Amharic | 18 |
African language: Tigrinya | 65 |
African language: Somali | 4 |
African language: Krio | 1 |
African language: Akan | 18 |
African language: Yoruba | 10 |
African language: Igbo | 31 |
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili | 8 |
African language: Luganda | 2 |
African language: Lingala | 3 |
African language: Shona | 65 |
African language: Afrikaans | 31 |
African language: Any other Nigerian language | 1 |
African language: Any other West African language | 302 |
African language: Any other African language | 79 |
Sign language | 175 |
Sign language: British Sign Language | 144 |
Sign language: Any other sign language | 6 |
Sign language: Any sign communication system | 25 |
Other language | 17 |
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