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Lambeth: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: London Boroughs, ONS Geographic Code: E09000022

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Key Facts

All Residents 317,654
Male 153,941
Female 163,713
Households 134,688
Population Density (people/km2) 11,839.1
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 308,304
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 253,317
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 68
Other UK language 26
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 11
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 4
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 8
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 3,372
Portuguese 9,009
Spanish 12,319
Other European language (EU) 13,311
Other European language (EU): Italian 4,031
Other European language (EU): German 864
Other European language (EU): Polish 3,639
Other European language (EU): Slovak 195
Other European language (EU): Czech 149
Other European language (EU): Romanian 1,011
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 318
Other European language (EU): Latvian 94
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 419
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 742
Other European language (EU): Greek 861
Other European language (EU): Dutch 301
Other European language (EU): Swedish 252
Other European language (EU): Danish 98
Other European language (EU): Finnish 82
Other European language (EU): Estonian 34
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 37
Other European language (EU): Maltese 44
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 140
Other European language (non EU) 783
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 476
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 184
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 3
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 120
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 201
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 201
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 704
Turkish 702
Arabic 1,553
West or Central Asian language 902
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 51
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 260
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 298
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 224
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 69
South Asian language 2,805
South Asian language: Urdu 728
South Asian language: Hindi 142
South Asian language: Panjabi 216
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 1
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 731
South Asian language: Gujarati 454
South Asian language: Marathi 6
South Asian language: Telugu 35
South Asian language: Tamil 242
South Asian language: Malayalam 118
South Asian language: Sinhala 16
South Asian language: Nepalese 39
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 77
East Asian language 3,656
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 303
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 628
East Asian language: All other Chinese 1,266
East Asian language: Japanese 181
East Asian language: Korean 138
East Asian language: Vietnamese 391
East Asian language: Thai 98
East Asian language: Malay 70
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 526
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 55
Oceanic or Australian language 2
North or South American language 2
Caribbean Creole 18
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 6
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 12
African language 5,311
African language: Amharic 531
African language: Tigrinya 1,066
African language: Somali 1,636
African language: Krio 37
African language: Akan 629
African language: Yoruba 330
African language: Igbo 181
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 60
African language: Luganda 52
African language: Lingala 230
African language: Shona 18
African language: Afrikaans 39
African language: Any other Nigerian language 134
African language: Any other West African language 190
African language: Any other African language 178
Sign language 152
Sign language: British Sign Language 129
Sign language: Any other sign language 10
Sign language: Any sign communication system 13
Other language 91

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