East of England: Main language (detailed)
Location Type: Regions, ONS Geographic Code: E12000006
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Key Facts
All Residents | 6,335,074 |
Male | 3,106,977 |
Female | 3,228,097 |
Households | 2,628,782 |
Population Density (people/km2) | 331.4 |
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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 | 6,131,128 |
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English (English or Welsh in Wales) | 5,676,753 |
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) | 431 |
Other UK language | 350 |
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) | 40 |
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) | 7 |
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic | 2 |
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) | 23 |
Other UK language: Cornish | 1 |
Other UK language: Scots | 49 |
Other UK language: Ulster Scots | 0 |
Other UK language: Romany English | 223 |
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant | 5 |
French | 7,242 |
Portuguese | 26,194 |
Spanish | 13,819 |
Other European language (EU) | 223,087 |
Other European language (EU): Italian | 14,124 |
Other European language (EU): German | 4,322 |
Other European language (EU): Polish | 67,054 |
Other European language (EU): Slovak | 4,245 |
Other European language (EU): Czech | 2,563 |
Other European language (EU): Romanian | 61,817 |
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian | 30,371 |
Other European language (EU): Latvian | 5,496 |
Other European language (EU): Hungarian | 10,631 |
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian | 10,843 |
Other European language (EU): Greek | 6,617 |
Other European language (EU): Dutch | 1,747 |
Other European language (EU): Swedish | 905 |
Other European language (EU): Danish | 591 |
Other European language (EU): Finnish | 434 |
Other European language (EU): Estonian | 267 |
Other European language (EU): Slovenian | 238 |
Other European language (EU): Maltese | 184 |
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) | 638 |
Other European language (non EU) | 6,712 |
Other European language (non EU): Albanian | 5,084 |
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian | 1,059 |
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) | 27 |
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) | 542 |
Other European language (EU and non-EU) | 1,886 |
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin | 1,886 |
Other European language (non-national) | 219 |
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language | 11 |
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish | 208 |
Russian | 10,822 |
Turkish | 9,584 |
Arabic | 8,670 |
West or Central Asian language | 11,046 |
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew | 521 |
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish | 3,588 |
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi | 4,193 |
West or Central Asian language: Pashto | 2,152 |
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language | 592 |
South Asian language | 89,604 |
South Asian language: Urdu | 18,922 |
South Asian language: Hindi | 3,913 |
South Asian language: Panjabi | 11,226 |
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) | 653 |
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) | 15,045 |
South Asian language: Gujarati | 8,689 |
South Asian language: Marathi | 1,053 |
South Asian language: Telugu | 3,653 |
South Asian language: Tamil | 9,753 |
South Asian language: Malayalam | 9,321 |
South Asian language: Sinhala | 1,736 |
South Asian language: Nepalese | 3,160 |
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language | 2,480 |
East Asian language | 30,715 |
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese | 2,440 |
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese | 4,595 |
East Asian language: All other Chinese | 8,853 |
East Asian language: Japanese | 1,424 |
East Asian language: Korean | 749 |
East Asian language: Vietnamese | 1,124 |
East Asian language: Thai | 2,576 |
East Asian language: Malay | 511 |
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino | 7,047 |
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language | 1,396 |
Oceanic or Australian language | 116 |
North or South American language | 5 |
Caribbean Creole | 137 |
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole | 9 |
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole | 128 |
African language | 10,745 |
African language: Amharic | 221 |
African language: Tigrinya | 428 |
African language: Somali | 451 |
African language: Krio | 40 |
African language: Akan | 1,991 |
African language: Yoruba | 808 |
African language: Igbo | 1,042 |
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili | 606 |
African language: Luganda | 138 |
African language: Lingala | 191 |
African language: Shona | 1,583 |
African language: Afrikaans | 1,266 |
African language: Any other Nigerian language | 278 |
African language: Any other West African language | 626 |
African language: Any other African language | 1,076 |
Sign language | 2,432 |
Sign language: British Sign Language | 1,920 |
Sign language: Any other sign language | 154 |
Sign language: Any sign communication system | 358 |
Other language | 559 |
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