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Westminster: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: London Boroughs, ONS Geographic Code: E09000033

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Key Facts

All Residents 204,236
Male 98,909
Female 105,327
Households 94,815
Population Density (people/km2) 9,514.2
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 198,974
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 146,375
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 51
Other UK language 12
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 7
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 1
Other UK language: Scots 0
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 4
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 4,876
Portuguese 3,283
Spanish 4,832
Other European language (EU) 11,953
Other European language (EU): Italian 4,202
Other European language (EU): German 1,352
Other European language (EU): Polish 976
Other European language (EU): Slovak 92
Other European language (EU): Czech 136
Other European language (EU): Romanian 877
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 231
Other European language (EU): Latvian 99
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 309
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 326
Other European language (EU): Greek 1,917
Other European language (EU): Dutch 416
Other European language (EU): Swedish 471
Other European language (EU): Danish 201
Other European language (EU): Finnish 132
Other European language (EU): Estonian 28
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 36
Other European language (EU): Maltese 18
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 134
Other European language (non EU) 1,446
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 1,029
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 208
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 8
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 201
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 411
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 411
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 2,062
Turkish 1,050
Arabic 7,446
West or Central Asian language 3,578
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 174
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 1,625
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 1,400
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 151
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 228
South Asian language 3,699
South Asian language: Urdu 300
South Asian language: Hindi 429
South Asian language: Panjabi 47
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 2
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 2,169
South Asian language: Gujarati 170
South Asian language: Marathi 40
South Asian language: Telugu 13
South Asian language: Tamil 94
South Asian language: Malayalam 128
South Asian language: Sinhala 156
South Asian language: Nepalese 91
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 60
East Asian language 6,336
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 429
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 471
East Asian language: All other Chinese 1,974
East Asian language: Japanese 1,420
East Asian language: Korean 203
East Asian language: Vietnamese 63
East Asian language: Thai 197
East Asian language: Malay 411
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 1,013
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 155
Oceanic or Australian language 14
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 11
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 1
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 10
African language 1,372
African language: Amharic 288
African language: Tigrinya 394
African language: Somali 374
African language: Krio 2
African language: Akan 19
African language: Yoruba 29
African language: Igbo 16
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 18
African language: Luganda 6
African language: Lingala 69
African language: Shona 7
African language: Afrikaans 31
African language: Any other Nigerian language 15
African language: Any other West African language 20
African language: Any other African language 84
Sign language 132
Sign language: British Sign Language 113
Sign language: Any other sign language 4
Sign language: Any sign communication system 15
Other language 35

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