North East: Main language (detailed)
Location Type: Regions, ONS Geographic Code: E12000001
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Key Facts
All Residents | 2,647,013 |
Male | 1,293,395 |
Female | 1,353,618 |
Households | 1,175,680 |
Population Density (people/km2) | 308.5 |
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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 | 2,569,453 |
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English (English or Welsh in Wales) | 2,478,459 |
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) | 120 |
Other UK language | 88 |
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) | 12 |
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) | 15 |
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic | 0 |
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) | 6 |
Other UK language: Cornish | 1 |
Other UK language: Scots | 39 |
Other UK language: Ulster Scots | 0 |
Other UK language: Romany English | 15 |
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant | 0 |
French | 1,508 |
Portuguese | 2,556 |
Spanish | 2,876 |
Other European language (EU) | 28,204 |
Other European language (EU): Italian | 2,057 |
Other European language (EU): German | 914 |
Other European language (EU): Polish | 9,660 |
Other European language (EU): Slovak | 1,460 |
Other European language (EU): Czech | 1,931 |
Other European language (EU): Romanian | 6,101 |
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian | 1,221 |
Other European language (EU): Latvian | 452 |
Other European language (EU): Hungarian | 786 |
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian | 939 |
Other European language (EU): Greek | 1,741 |
Other European language (EU): Dutch | 411 |
Other European language (EU): Swedish | 185 |
Other European language (EU): Danish | 61 |
Other European language (EU): Finnish | 88 |
Other European language (EU): Estonian | 34 |
Other European language (EU): Slovenian | 65 |
Other European language (EU): Maltese | 41 |
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) | 57 |
Other European language (non EU) | 964 |
Other European language (non EU): Albanian | 652 |
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian | 131 |
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) | 7 |
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) | 174 |
Other European language (EU and non-EU) | 301 |
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin | 301 |
Other European language (non-national) | 4 |
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language | 0 |
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish | 4 |
Russian | 1,368 |
Turkish | 1,328 |
Arabic | 8,209 |
West or Central Asian language | 7,451 |
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew | 38 |
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish | 3,355 |
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi | 3,240 |
West or Central Asian language: Pashto | 609 |
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language | 209 |
South Asian language | 20,013 |
South Asian language: Urdu | 3,878 |
South Asian language: Hindi | 923 |
South Asian language: Panjabi | 3,866 |
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) | 307 |
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) | 5,103 |
South Asian language: Gujarati | 280 |
South Asian language: Marathi | 218 |
South Asian language: Telugu | 1,421 |
South Asian language: Tamil | 1,362 |
South Asian language: Malayalam | 1,704 |
South Asian language: Sinhala | 222 |
South Asian language: Nepalese | 261 |
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language | 468 |
East Asian language | 11,385 |
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese | 1,144 |
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese | 1,781 |
East Asian language: All other Chinese | 4,786 |
East Asian language: Japanese | 271 |
East Asian language: Korean | 150 |
East Asian language: Vietnamese | 418 |
East Asian language: Thai | 780 |
East Asian language: Malay | 269 |
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino | 1,608 |
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language | 178 |
Oceanic or Australian language | 24 |
North or South American language | 0 |
Caribbean Creole | 17 |
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole | 0 |
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole | 17 |
African language | 3,252 |
African language: Amharic | 323 |
African language: Tigrinya | 872 |
African language: Somali | 127 |
African language: Krio | 12 |
African language: Akan | 61 |
African language: Yoruba | 194 |
African language: Igbo | 268 |
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili | 148 |
African language: Luganda | 19 |
African language: Lingala | 116 |
African language: Shona | 283 |
African language: Afrikaans | 120 |
African language: Any other Nigerian language | 132 |
African language: Any other West African language | 173 |
African language: Any other African language | 404 |
Sign language | 1,217 |
Sign language: British Sign Language | 1,034 |
Sign language: Any other sign language | 47 |
Sign language: Any sign communication system | 136 |
Other language | 109 |
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