North West: Main language (detailed)
Location Type: Regions, ONS Geographic Code: E12000002
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Key Facts
All Residents | 7,417,397 |
Male | 3,640,141 |
Female | 3,777,256 |
Households | 3,153,403 |
Population Density (people/km2) | 525.8 |
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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 | 7,178,377 |
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English (English or Welsh in Wales) | 6,697,979 |
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) | 1,899 |
Other UK language | 421 |
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) | 121 |
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) | 29 |
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic | 2 |
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) | 29 |
Other UK language: Cornish | 2 |
Other UK language: Scots | 107 |
Other UK language: Ulster Scots | 1 |
Other UK language: Romany English | 126 |
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant | 4 |
French | 6,588 |
Portuguese | 18,814 |
Spanish | 15,525 |
Other European language (EU) | 152,717 |
Other European language (EU): Italian | 11,524 |
Other European language (EU): German | 2,737 |
Other European language (EU): Polish | 65,277 |
Other European language (EU): Slovak | 4,938 |
Other European language (EU): Czech | 4,350 |
Other European language (EU): Romanian | 28,982 |
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian | 6,169 |
Other European language (EU): Latvian | 3,616 |
Other European language (EU): Hungarian | 8,623 |
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian | 7,732 |
Other European language (EU): Greek | 5,262 |
Other European language (EU): Dutch | 1,381 |
Other European language (EU): Swedish | 617 |
Other European language (EU): Danish | 341 |
Other European language (EU): Finnish | 289 |
Other European language (EU): Estonian | 237 |
Other European language (EU): Slovenian | 143 |
Other European language (EU): Maltese | 121 |
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) | 378 |
Other European language (non EU) | 3,490 |
Other European language (non EU): Albanian | 1,987 |
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian | 808 |
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) | 39 |
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) | 656 |
Other European language (EU and non-EU) | 830 |
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin | 830 |
Other European language (non-national) | 1,135 |
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language | 17 |
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish | 1,118 |
Russian | 5,031 |
Turkish | 4,640 |
Arabic | 30,741 |
West or Central Asian language | 28,298 |
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew | 686 |
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish | 10,592 |
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi | 11,028 |
West or Central Asian language: Pashto | 5,327 |
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language | 665 |
South Asian language | 147,679 |
South Asian language: Urdu | 59,429 |
South Asian language: Hindi | 3,322 |
South Asian language: Panjabi | 26,471 |
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) | 2,555 |
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) | 17,813 |
South Asian language: Gujarati | 16,153 |
South Asian language: Marathi | 748 |
South Asian language: Telugu | 2,370 |
South Asian language: Tamil | 5,393 |
South Asian language: Malayalam | 8,460 |
South Asian language: Sinhala | 891 |
South Asian language: Nepalese | 1,348 |
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language | 2,726 |
East Asian language | 38,848 |
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese | 3,406 |
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese | 8,933 |
East Asian language: All other Chinese | 15,473 |
East Asian language: Japanese | 807 |
East Asian language: Korean | 496 |
East Asian language: Vietnamese | 1,595 |
East Asian language: Thai | 2,377 |
East Asian language: Malay | 965 |
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino | 3,346 |
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language | 1,450 |
Oceanic or Australian language | 38 |
North or South American language | 4 |
Caribbean Creole | 94 |
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole | 9 |
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole | 85 |
African language | 19,604 |
African language: Amharic | 823 |
African language: Tigrinya | 3,109 |
African language: Somali | 4,626 |
African language: Krio | 41 |
African language: Akan | 1,022 |
African language: Yoruba | 1,098 |
African language: Igbo | 1,269 |
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili | 1,539 |
African language: Luganda | 115 |
African language: Lingala | 459 |
African language: Shona | 977 |
African language: Afrikaans | 319 |
African language: Any other Nigerian language | 583 |
African language: Any other West African language | 1,127 |
African language: Any other African language | 2,497 |
Sign language | 3,366 |
Sign language: British Sign Language | 2,860 |
Sign language: Any other sign language | 209 |
Sign language: Any sign communication system | 297 |
Other language | 636 |
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