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Barking and Dagenham: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: London Boroughs, ONS Geographic Code: E09000002

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Key Facts

All Residents 218,869
Male 106,581
Female 112,288
Households 73,902
Population Density (people/km2) 6,065.8
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 208,896
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 158,652
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 1
Other UK language 34
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 1
Other UK language: Scots 0
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 33
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 831
Portuguese 1,953
Spanish 734
Other European language (EU) 20,241
Other European language (EU): Italian 734
Other European language (EU): German 104
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,750
Other European language (EU): Slovak 76
Other European language (EU): Czech 48
Other European language (EU): Romanian 9,988
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 4,427
Other European language (EU): Latvian 119
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 324
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 2,343
Other European language (EU): Greek 204
Other European language (EU): Dutch 51
Other European language (EU): Swedish 8
Other European language (EU): Danish 13
Other European language (EU): Finnish 11
Other European language (EU): Estonian 8
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 2
Other European language (EU): Maltese 13
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 18
Other European language (non EU) 1,852
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 1,518
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 326
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 2
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 6
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 78
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 78
Other European language (non-national) 1
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 1
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 921
Turkish 722
Arabic 677
West or Central Asian language 979
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 0
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 118
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 405
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 379
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 77
South Asian language 16,418
South Asian language: Urdu 3,791
South Asian language: Hindi 424
South Asian language: Panjabi 2,448
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 8
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 6,475
South Asian language: Gujarati 635
South Asian language: Marathi 56
South Asian language: Telugu 438
South Asian language: Tamil 1,113
South Asian language: Malayalam 559
South Asian language: Sinhala 84
South Asian language: Nepalese 233
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 154
East Asian language 1,298
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 140
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 178
East Asian language: All other Chinese 338
East Asian language: Japanese 18
East Asian language: Korean 17
East Asian language: Vietnamese 87
East Asian language: Thai 53
East Asian language: Malay 20
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 393
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 54
Oceanic or Australian language 1
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 21
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 21
African language 3,237
African language: Amharic 90
African language: Tigrinya 61
African language: Somali 368
African language: Krio 14
African language: Akan 522
African language: Yoruba 438
African language: Igbo 495
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 465
African language: Luganda 68
African language: Lingala 250
African language: Shona 68
African language: Afrikaans 5
African language: Any other Nigerian language 107
African language: Any other West African language 161
African language: Any other African language 125
Sign language 164
Sign language: British Sign Language 149
Sign language: Any other sign language 7
Sign language: Any sign communication system 8
Other language 81

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