Census Data

Tyne and Wear: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Counties, ONS Geographic Code: E11000007

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Key Facts

All Residents 1,127,191
Male 550,666
Female 576,524
Households 498,496

The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Metropolitan Counties. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within Tyne and Wear. They may not, therefore, be precisely accurate. Age-standardised statistics and population density are not available for aggregated datasets.

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 1,093,387
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 1,039,379
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 53
Other UK language 45
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 7
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 9
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 4
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 15
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 10
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 958
Portuguese 1,966
Spanish 1,746
Other European language (EU) 15,724
Other European language (EU): Italian 1,388
Other European language (EU): German 487
Other European language (EU): Polish 4,423
Other European language (EU): Slovak 1,074
Other European language (EU): Czech 1,324
Other European language (EU): Romanian 3,279
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 668
Other European language (EU): Latvian 239
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 372
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 686
Other European language (EU): Greek 1,321
Other European language (EU): Dutch 197
Other European language (EU): Swedish 80
Other European language (EU): Danish 23
Other European language (EU): Finnish 45
Other European language (EU): Estonian 20
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 45
Other European language (EU): Maltese 15
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 38
Other European language (non EU) 518
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 365
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 79
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 3
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 71
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 241
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 241
Other European language (non-national) 3
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 3
Russian 794
Turkish 872
Arabic 5,108
West or Central Asian language 4,738
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 22
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 1,920
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 2,323
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 331
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 142
South Asian language 11,835
South Asian language: Urdu 1,914
South Asian language: Hindi 582
South Asian language: Panjabi 1,867
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 105
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 4,108
South Asian language: Gujarati 156
South Asian language: Marathi 146
South Asian language: Telugu 865
South Asian language: Tamil 627
South Asian language: Malayalam 905
South Asian language: Sinhala 138
South Asian language: Nepalese 117
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 305
East Asian language 6,882
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 597
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 1,225
East Asian language: All other Chinese 2,894
East Asian language: Japanese 142
East Asian language: Korean 90
East Asian language: Vietnamese 270
East Asian language: Thai 343
East Asian language: Malay 171
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 1,066
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 84
Oceanic or Australian language 7
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 12
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 12
African language 1,853
African language: Amharic 184
African language: Tigrinya 432
African language: Somali 22
African language: Krio 4
African language: Akan 29
African language: Yoruba 129
African language: Igbo 198
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 94
African language: Luganda 9
African language: Lingala 105
African language: Shona 161
African language: Afrikaans 41
African language: Any other Nigerian language 104
African language: Any other West African language 117
African language: Any other African language 224
Sign language 598
Sign language: British Sign Language 503
Sign language: Any other sign language 25
Sign language: Any sign communication system 70
Other language 55

These values are calculated by adding up the values for census output areas contained within Tyne and Wear. They may, therefore, be slightly inaccurate due to administrative boundaries not precisely aligning with census boundaries.

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