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Hounslow: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: London Boroughs, ONS Geographic Code: E09000018

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Key Facts

All Residents 288,181
Male 143,202
Female 144,979
Households 102,961
Population Density (people/km2) 5,148.0
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 277,408
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 198,853
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 21
Other UK language 21
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) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 2
Other UK language: Scots 0
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 16
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 1,073
Portuguese 2,584
Spanish 1,875
Other European language (EU) 21,262
Other European language (EU): Italian 1,585
Other European language (EU): German 289
Other European language (EU): Polish 9,219
Other European language (EU): Slovak 230
Other European language (EU): Czech 121
Other European language (EU): Romanian 5,436
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 1,031
Other European language (EU): Latvian 203
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 606
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 1,459
Other European language (EU): Greek 631
Other European language (EU): Dutch 137
Other European language (EU): Swedish 108
Other European language (EU): Danish 72
Other European language (EU): Finnish 39
Other European language (EU): Estonian 19
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 26
Other European language (EU): Maltese 7
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 44
Other European language (non EU) 1,565
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 815
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 701
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 2
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 47
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 389
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 389
Other European language (non-national) 5
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 5
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 1,057
Turkish 584
Arabic 3,027
West or Central Asian language 4,412
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 40
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 339
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 2,496
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 1,218
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 319
South Asian language 34,456
South Asian language: Urdu 4,160
South Asian language: Hindi 2,654
South Asian language: Panjabi 13,059
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 12
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 1,308
South Asian language: Gujarati 2,851
South Asian language: Marathi 435
South Asian language: Telugu 2,045
South Asian language: Tamil 1,881
South Asian language: Malayalam 674
South Asian language: Sinhala 448
South Asian language: Nepalese 3,471
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 1,458
East Asian language 3,143
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 172
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 361
East Asian language: All other Chinese 536
East Asian language: Japanese 260
East Asian language: Korean 74
East Asian language: Vietnamese 189
East Asian language: Thai 172
East Asian language: Malay 30
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 1,032
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 317
Oceanic or Australian language 22
North or South American language 2
Caribbean Creole 22
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 3
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 19
African language 2,783
African language: Amharic 162
African language: Tigrinya 159
African language: Somali 1,687
African language: Krio 7
African language: Akan 117
African language: Yoruba 41
African language: Igbo 52
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 149
African language: Luganda 46
African language: Lingala 34
African language: Shona 63
African language: Afrikaans 49
African language: Any other Nigerian language 46
African language: Any other West African language 63
African language: Any other African language 108
Sign language 173
Sign language: British Sign Language 155
Sign language: Any other sign language 6
Sign language: Any sign communication system 12
Other language 79

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