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Redbridge: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: London Boroughs, ONS Geographic Code: E09000026

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Key Facts

All Residents 310,260
Male 153,331
Female 156,929
Households 103,713
Population Density (people/km2) 5,501.9
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 297,635
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 218,924
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 20
Other UK language 40
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 1
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 1
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 2
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 0
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 36
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 781
Portuguese 1,561
Spanish 1,077
Other European language (EU) 21,709
Other European language (EU): Italian 1,126
Other European language (EU): German 159
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,908
Other European language (EU): Slovak 109
Other European language (EU): Czech 92
Other European language (EU): Romanian 12,828
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 2,398
Other European language (EU): Latvian 139
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 371
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 1,924
Other European language (EU): Greek 458
Other European language (EU): Dutch 81
Other European language (EU): Swedish 38
Other European language (EU): Danish 19
Other European language (EU): Finnish 16
Other European language (EU): Estonian 9
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 2
Other European language (EU): Maltese 14
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 18
Other European language (non EU) 1,543
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 1,066
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 457
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 6
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 14
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 95
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 95
Other European language (non-national) 2
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 2
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 1,038
Turkish 1,032
Arabic 895
West or Central Asian language 1,865
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 21
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 240
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 669
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 870
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 65
South Asian language 43,356
South Asian language: Urdu 8,315
South Asian language: Hindi 1,679
South Asian language: Panjabi 8,481
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 45
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 9,802
South Asian language: Gujarati 4,695
South Asian language: Marathi 305
South Asian language: Telugu 1,226
South Asian language: Tamil 7,134
South Asian language: Malayalam 815
South Asian language: Sinhala 239
South Asian language: Nepalese 68
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 552
East Asian language 1,562
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 146
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 341
East Asian language: All other Chinese 443
East Asian language: Japanese 85
East Asian language: Korean 13
East Asian language: Vietnamese 115
East Asian language: Thai 82
East Asian language: Malay 21
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 254
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 62
Oceanic or Australian language 0
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 53
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 3
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 50
African language 1,812
African language: Amharic 99
African language: Tigrinya 72
African language: Somali 570
African language: Krio 2
African language: Akan 159
African language: Yoruba 67
African language: Igbo 158
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 265
African language: Luganda 56
African language: Lingala 116
African language: Shona 23
African language: Afrikaans 39
African language: Any other Nigerian language 25
African language: Any other West African language 77
African language: Any other African language 84
Sign language 174
Sign language: British Sign Language 149
Sign language: Any other sign language 8
Sign language: Any sign communication system 17
Other language 96

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