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Cumbria: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Counties, ONS Geographic Code: E10000006

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Key Facts

All Residents 499,846
Male 246,142
Female 253,704
Households 228,954
Population Density (people/km2) 73.9
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 486,842
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 476,404
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 65
Other UK language 37
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 3
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 2
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 1
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 20
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 11
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 143
Portuguese 308
Spanish 409
Other European language (EU) 6,334
Other European language (EU): Italian 191
Other European language (EU): German 117
Other European language (EU): Polish 2,927
Other European language (EU): Slovak 168
Other European language (EU): Czech 106
Other European language (EU): Romanian 1,558
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 120
Other European language (EU): Latvian 126
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 484
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 250
Other European language (EU): Greek 133
Other European language (EU): Dutch 61
Other European language (EU): Swedish 40
Other European language (EU): Danish 13
Other European language (EU): Finnish 10
Other European language (EU): Estonian 6
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 9
Other European language (EU): Maltese 5
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 10
Other European language (non EU) 52
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 18
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 8
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 2
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 24
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 24
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 24
Other European language (non-national) 4
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 4
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 97
Turkish 277
Arabic 363
West or Central Asian language 177
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 2
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 86
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 61
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 19
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 9
South Asian language 788
South Asian language: Urdu 69
South Asian language: Hindi 96
South Asian language: Panjabi 29
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 176
South Asian language: Gujarati 18
South Asian language: Marathi 4
South Asian language: Telugu 20
South Asian language: Tamil 39
South Asian language: Malayalam 117
South Asian language: Sinhala 22
South Asian language: Nepalese 151
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 47
East Asian language 1,102
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 81
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 166
East Asian language: All other Chinese 285
East Asian language: Japanese 18
East Asian language: Korean 7
East Asian language: Vietnamese 49
East Asian language: Thai 180
East Asian language: Malay 16
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 267
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 33
Oceanic or Australian language 3
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 0
African language 109
African language: Amharic 1
African language: Tigrinya 1
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 2
African language: Yoruba 29
African language: Igbo 18
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 9
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 2
African language: Afrikaans 21
African language: Any other Nigerian language 10
African language: Any other West African language 2
African language: Any other African language 14
Sign language 139
Sign language: British Sign Language 99
Sign language: Any other sign language 8
Sign language: Any sign communication system 32
Other language 7

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