Lewisham: Main language (detailed)
Location Type: London Boroughs, ONS Geographic Code: E09000023
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Key Facts
All Residents | 300,553 |
Male | 142,733 |
Female | 157,820 |
Households | 122,392 |
Population Density (people/km2) | 8,551.5 |
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Table Code | ts024 |
Issued | 2022-11-29 |
Unit of Measure | Person |
Number of Response Options | 95 |
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 | 288,897 |
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English (English or Welsh in Wales) | 242,028 |
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) | 70 |
Other UK language | 29 |
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) | 14 |
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) | 2 |
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic | 0 |
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) | 2 |
Other UK language: Cornish | 1 |
Other UK language: Scots | 3 |
Other UK language: Ulster Scots | 0 |
Other UK language: Romany English | 7 |
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant | 0 |
French | 2,759 |
Portuguese | 3,130 |
Spanish | 6,818 |
Other European language (EU) | 13,669 |
Other European language (EU): Italian | 2,761 |
Other European language (EU): German | 634 |
Other European language (EU): Polish | 2,664 |
Other European language (EU): Slovak | 159 |
Other European language (EU): Czech | 137 |
Other European language (EU): Romanian | 3,122 |
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian | 816 |
Other European language (EU): Latvian | 111 |
Other European language (EU): Hungarian | 719 |
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian | 1,063 |
Other European language (EU): Greek | 760 |
Other European language (EU): Dutch | 179 |
Other European language (EU): Swedish | 212 |
Other European language (EU): Danish | 71 |
Other European language (EU): Finnish | 81 |
Other European language (EU): Estonian | 47 |
Other European language (EU): Slovenian | 39 |
Other European language (EU): Maltese | 15 |
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) | 79 |
Other European language (non EU) | 1,192 |
Other European language (non EU): Albanian | 831 |
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian | 266 |
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) | 5 |
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) | 90 |
Other European language (EU and non-EU) | 122 |
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin | 122 |
Other European language (non-national) | 2 |
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language | 2 |
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish | 0 |
Russian | 1,013 |
Turkish | 1,822 |
Arabic | 887 |
West or Central Asian language | 1,518 |
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew | 63 |
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish | 397 |
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi | 517 |
West or Central Asian language: Pashto | 438 |
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language | 103 |
South Asian language | 5,449 |
South Asian language: Urdu | 414 |
South Asian language: Hindi | 198 |
South Asian language: Panjabi | 240 |
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) | 4 |
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) | 474 |
South Asian language: Gujarati | 226 |
South Asian language: Marathi | 46 |
South Asian language: Telugu | 67 |
South Asian language: Tamil | 3,370 |
South Asian language: Malayalam | 140 |
South Asian language: Sinhala | 69 |
South Asian language: Nepalese | 141 |
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language | 60 |
East Asian language | 4,820 |
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese | 598 |
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese | 607 |
East Asian language: All other Chinese | 1,466 |
East Asian language: Japanese | 257 |
East Asian language: Korean | 83 |
East Asian language: Vietnamese | 991 |
East Asian language: Thai | 133 |
East Asian language: Malay | 41 |
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino | 555 |
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language | 89 |
Oceanic or Australian language | 0 |
North or South American language | 0 |
Caribbean Creole | 28 |
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole | 3 |
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole | 25 |
African language | 3,265 |
African language: Amharic | 107 |
African language: Tigrinya | 175 |
African language: Somali | 764 |
African language: Krio | 53 |
African language: Akan | 350 |
African language: Yoruba | 385 |
African language: Igbo | 421 |
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili | 57 |
African language: Luganda | 59 |
African language: Lingala | 122 |
African language: Shona | 45 |
African language: Afrikaans | 62 |
African language: Any other Nigerian language | 143 |
African language: Any other West African language | 392 |
African language: Any other African language | 130 |
Sign language | 177 |
Sign language: British Sign Language | 166 |
Sign language: Any other sign language | 7 |
Sign language: Any sign communication system | 4 |
Other language | 99 |
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