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Harrow: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: London Boroughs, ONS Geographic Code: E09000015

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Key Facts

All Residents 261,203
Male 128,797
Female 132,406
Households 89,642
Population Density (people/km2) 5,175.4
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 251,849
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 174,443
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 29
Other UK language 74
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 3
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 0
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 68
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 507
Portuguese 1,250
Spanish 786
Other European language (EU) 25,137
Other European language (EU): Italian 723
Other European language (EU): German 178
Other European language (EU): Polish 2,886
Other European language (EU): Slovak 120
Other European language (EU): Czech 103
Other European language (EU): Romanian 18,987
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 275
Other European language (EU): Latvian 38
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 653
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 577
Other European language (EU): Greek 348
Other European language (EU): Dutch 93
Other European language (EU): Swedish 51
Other European language (EU): Danish 27
Other European language (EU): Finnish 22
Other European language (EU): Estonian 8
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 6
Other European language (EU): Maltese 5
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 37
Other European language (non EU) 843
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 652
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 152
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 3
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 36
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 105
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 105
Other European language (non-national) 2
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 2
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 349
Turkish 336
Arabic 3,224
West or Central Asian language 5,286
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 45
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 269
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 2,716
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 2,128
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 128
South Asian language 35,493
South Asian language: Urdu 1,866
South Asian language: Hindi 1,823
South Asian language: Panjabi 1,127
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 7
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 595
South Asian language: Gujarati 17,298
South Asian language: Marathi 472
South Asian language: Telugu 538
South Asian language: Tamil 8,696
South Asian language: Malayalam 586
South Asian language: Sinhala 618
South Asian language: Nepalese 1,327
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 540
East Asian language 1,999
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 153
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 334
East Asian language: All other Chinese 447
East Asian language: Japanese 159
East Asian language: Korean 48
East Asian language: Vietnamese 140
East Asian language: Thai 60
East Asian language: Malay 19
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 564
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 75
Oceanic or Australian language 0
North or South American language 1
Caribbean Creole 19
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 4
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 15
African language 1,747
African language: Amharic 46
African language: Tigrinya 44
African language: Somali 1,245
African language: Krio 1
African language: Akan 101
African language: Yoruba 17
African language: Igbo 45
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 56
African language: Luganda 18
African language: Lingala 32
African language: Shona 10
African language: Afrikaans 11
African language: Any other Nigerian language 23
African language: Any other West African language 35
African language: Any other African language 63
Sign language 168
Sign language: British Sign Language 155
Sign language: Any other sign language 7
Sign language: Any sign communication system 6
Other language 51

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