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Islington: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: London Boroughs, ONS Geographic Code: E09000019

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Key Facts

All Residents 216,589
Male 103,298
Female 113,291
Households 96,496
Population Density (people/km2) 14,574.9
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 209,636
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 169,831
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 49
Other UK language 46
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 19
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 2
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 16
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 3
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 6
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 3,770
Portuguese 1,974
Spanish 4,645
Other European language (EU) 10,531
Other European language (EU): Italian 3,711
Other European language (EU): German 995
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,054
Other European language (EU): Slovak 117
Other European language (EU): Czech 121
Other European language (EU): Romanian 676
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 205
Other European language (EU): Latvian 54
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 450
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 353
Other European language (EU): Greek 1,647
Other European language (EU): Dutch 365
Other European language (EU): Swedish 298
Other European language (EU): Danish 135
Other European language (EU): Finnish 104
Other European language (EU): Estonian 33
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 29
Other European language (EU): Maltese 17
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 167
Other European language (non EU) 985
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 763
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 53
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 3
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 166
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 197
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 197
Other European language (non-national) 10
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 10
Russian 753
Turkish 3,560
Arabic 1,532
West or Central Asian language 1,506
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 164
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 647
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 466
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 96
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 133
South Asian language 2,605
South Asian language: Urdu 163
South Asian language: Hindi 129
South Asian language: Panjabi 96
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 1,798
South Asian language: Gujarati 191
South Asian language: Marathi 16
South Asian language: Telugu 7
South Asian language: Tamil 83
South Asian language: Malayalam 52
South Asian language: Sinhala 14
South Asian language: Nepalese 26
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 30
East Asian language 3,438
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 344
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 472
East Asian language: All other Chinese 1,369
East Asian language: Japanese 351
East Asian language: Korean 167
East Asian language: Vietnamese 192
East Asian language: Thai 107
East Asian language: Malay 77
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 301
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 58
Oceanic or Australian language 0
North or South American language 1
Caribbean Creole 28
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 28
African language 3,968
African language: Amharic 440
African language: Tigrinya 715
African language: Somali 2,056
African language: Krio 10
African language: Akan 147
African language: Yoruba 73
African language: Igbo 75
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 55
African language: Luganda 13
African language: Lingala 180
African language: Shona 10
African language: Afrikaans 16
African language: Any other Nigerian language 28
African language: Any other West African language 39
African language: Any other African language 111
Sign language 174
Sign language: British Sign Language 163
Sign language: Any other sign language 4
Sign language: Any sign communication system 7
Other language 33

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