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Hillingdon: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: London Boroughs, ONS Geographic Code: E09000017

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Key Facts

All Residents 305,909
Male 151,049
Female 154,860
Households 109,228
Population Density (people/km2) 2,644.0
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 294,238
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 229,263
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 21
Other UK language 33
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 4
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 1
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 27
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 1
French 662
Portuguese 2,058
Spanish 976
Other European language (EU) 14,687
Other European language (EU): Italian 961
Other European language (EU): German 255
Other European language (EU): Polish 5,016
Other European language (EU): Slovak 130
Other European language (EU): Czech 75
Other European language (EU): Romanian 5,284
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 810
Other European language (EU): Latvian 127
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 522
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 675
Other European language (EU): Greek 497
Other European language (EU): Dutch 132
Other European language (EU): Swedish 72
Other European language (EU): Danish 35
Other European language (EU): Finnish 22
Other European language (EU): Estonian 18
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 5
Other European language (EU): Maltese 19
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 32
Other European language (non EU) 877
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 617
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 183
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 4
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 73
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 170
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 170
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 670
Turkish 429
Arabic 2,243
West or Central Asian language 4,109
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 21
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 358
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 2,193
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 1,393
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 144
South Asian language 32,501
South Asian language: Urdu 3,237
South Asian language: Hindi 1,926
South Asian language: Panjabi 13,677
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 8
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 1,457
South Asian language: Gujarati 3,167
South Asian language: Marathi 271
South Asian language: Telugu 483
South Asian language: Tamil 4,834
South Asian language: Malayalam 677
South Asian language: Sinhala 308
South Asian language: Nepalese 1,924
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 532
East Asian language 2,354
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 184
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 397
East Asian language: All other Chinese 661
East Asian language: Japanese 132
East Asian language: Korean 44
East Asian language: Vietnamese 143
East Asian language: Thai 144
East Asian language: Malay 41
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 513
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 95
Oceanic or Australian language 4
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 20
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 20
African language 2,932
African language: Amharic 195
African language: Tigrinya 208
African language: Somali 1,992
African language: Krio 2
African language: Akan 75
African language: Yoruba 42
African language: Igbo 35
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 54
African language: Luganda 6
African language: Lingala 41
African language: Shona 53
African language: Afrikaans 37
African language: Any other Nigerian language 26
African language: Any other West African language 74
African language: Any other African language 92
Sign language 145
Sign language: British Sign Language 128
Sign language: Any other sign language 13
Sign language: Any sign communication system 4
Other language 84

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