London: Main language (detailed)
Location Type: Regions, ONS Geographic Code: E12000007
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Key Facts
All Residents | 8,799,728 |
Male | 4,268,106 |
Female | 4,531,622 |
Households | 3,423,892 |
Population Density (people/km2) | 5,597.6 |
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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 | 8,482,659 |
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English (English or Welsh in Wales) | 6,650,973 |
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) | 1,241 |
Other UK language | 1,178 |
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) | 243 |
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) | 26 |
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic | 1 |
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) | 86 |
Other UK language: Cornish | 19 |
Other UK language: Scots | 55 |
Other UK language: Ulster Scots | 2 |
Other UK language: Romany English | 741 |
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant | 5 |
French | 67,049 |
Portuguese | 94,205 |
Spanish | 117,457 |
Other European language (EU) | 544,747 |
Other European language (EU): Italian | 81,293 |
Other European language (EU): German | 19,074 |
Other European language (EU): Polish | 112,068 |
Other European language (EU): Slovak | 5,930 |
Other European language (EU): Czech | 4,751 |
Other European language (EU): Romanian | 159,338 |
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian | 30,768 |
Other European language (EU): Latvian | 3,604 |
Other European language (EU): Hungarian | 22,089 |
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian | 47,648 |
Other European language (EU): Greek | 36,015 |
Other European language (EU): Dutch | 6,550 |
Other European language (EU): Swedish | 6,337 |
Other European language (EU): Danish | 2,681 |
Other European language (EU): Finnish | 2,010 |
Other European language (EU): Estonian | 787 |
Other European language (EU): Slovenian | 789 |
Other European language (EU): Maltese | 469 |
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) | 2,546 |
Other European language (non EU) | 42,145 |
Other European language (non EU): Albanian | 30,215 |
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian | 8,668 |
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) | 162 |
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) | 3,100 |
Other European language (EU and non-EU) | 7,479 |
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin | 7,479 |
Other European language (non-national) | 4,043 |
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language | 27 |
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish | 4,016 |
Russian | 31,906 |
Turkish | 69,641 |
Arabic | 72,102 |
West or Central Asian language | 82,998 |
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew | 4,421 |
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish | 15,097 |
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi | 39,233 |
West or Central Asian language: Pashto | 18,628 |
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language | 5,619 |
South Asian language | 473,384 |
South Asian language: Urdu | 63,626 |
South Asian language: Hindi | 20,485 |
South Asian language: Panjabi | 74,205 |
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) | 286 |
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) | 101,975 |
South Asian language: Gujarati | 82,610 |
South Asian language: Marathi | 3,601 |
South Asian language: Telugu | 8,883 |
South Asian language: Tamil | 70,673 |
South Asian language: Malayalam | 12,376 |
South Asian language: Sinhala | 4,898 |
South Asian language: Nepalese | 21,017 |
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language | 8,749 |
East Asian language | 121,686 |
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese | 10,146 |
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese | 15,513 |
East Asian language: All other Chinese | 33,970 |
East Asian language: Japanese | 13,564 |
East Asian language: Korean | 6,480 |
East Asian language: Vietnamese | 8,420 |
East Asian language: Thai | 4,434 |
East Asian language: Malay | 2,238 |
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino | 23,459 |
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language | 3,462 |
Oceanic or Australian language | 103 |
North or South American language | 29 |
Caribbean Creole | 862 |
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole | 59 |
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole | 803 |
African language | 92,070 |
African language: Amharic | 6,409 |
African language: Tigrinya | 8,443 |
African language: Somali | 37,346 |
African language: Krio | 595 |
African language: Akan | 9,168 |
African language: Yoruba | 5,175 |
African language: Igbo | 5,087 |
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili | 3,225 |
African language: Luganda | 1,361 |
African language: Lingala | 3,600 |
African language: Shona | 1,020 |
African language: Afrikaans | 1,565 |
African language: Any other Nigerian language | 1,649 |
African language: Any other West African language | 4,002 |
African language: Any other African language | 3,425 |
Sign language | 4,907 |
Sign language: British Sign Language | 4,270 |
Sign language: Any other sign language | 238 |
Sign language: Any sign communication system | 399 |
Other language | 2,454 |
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