West Midlands: Main language (detailed)
Location Type: Combined Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E47000007
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Key Facts
| All Residents | 2,919,653 |
| Male | 1,433,051 |
| Female | 1,486,603 |
| Households | 1,131,763 |
The ONS doesn't publish census data directly for Combined Authorities. The figures on this page are aggregated from census areas contained within West Midlands. They may not, therefore, be precisely accurate. Age-standardised statistics and population density are not available for aggregated datasets.
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| Table Code | ts024 |
| Issued | 2022-11-29 |
| Unit of Measure | Person |
| Number of Response Options | 95 |
Description
Data
Bar Chart
Pie ChartThis 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 | 2,812,862 |
|---|---|
| English (English or Welsh in Wales) | 2,440,786 |
| Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) | 248 |
| Other UK language | 209 |
| Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) | 34 |
| Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) | 3 |
| Other UK language: Manx Gaelic | 0 |
| Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) | 5 |
| Other UK language: Cornish | 4 |
| Other UK language: Scots | 12 |
| Other UK language: Ulster Scots | 0 |
| Other UK language: Romany English | 146 |
| Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant | 5 |
| French | 5,321 |
| Portuguese | 5,931 |
| Spanish | 5,553 |
| Other European language (EU) | 85,308 |
| Other European language (EU): Italian | 6,137 |
| Other European language (EU): German | 1,286 |
| Other European language (EU): Polish | 29,831 |
| Other European language (EU): Slovak | 2,617 |
| Other European language (EU): Czech | 1,634 |
| Other European language (EU): Romanian | 27,155 |
| Other European language (EU): Lithuanian | 3,963 |
| Other European language (EU): Latvian | 2,600 |
| Other European language (EU): Hungarian | 2,354 |
| Other European language (EU): Bulgarian | 2,673 |
| Other European language (EU): Greek | 3,205 |
| Other European language (EU): Dutch | 933 |
| Other European language (EU): Swedish | 342 |
| Other European language (EU): Danish | 125 |
| Other European language (EU): Finnish | 89 |
| Other European language (EU): Estonian | 85 |
| Other European language (EU): Slovenian | 89 |
| Other European language (EU): Maltese | 27 |
| Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) | 163 |
| Other European language (non EU) | 2,892 |
| Other European language (non EU): Albanian | 2,388 |
| Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian | 236 |
| Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) | 13 |
| Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) | 255 |
| Other European language (EU and non-EU) | 807 |
| Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin | 807 |
| Other European language (non-national) | 8 |
| Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language | 7 |
| Other European language (non-national): Yiddish | 1 |
| Russian | 3,797 |
| Turkish | 1,666 |
| Arabic | 18,750 |
| West or Central Asian language | 25,213 |
| West or Central Asian language: Hebrew | 38 |
| West or Central Asian language: Kurdish | 8,033 |
| West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi | 7,660 |
| West or Central Asian language: Pashto | 9,075 |
| West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language | 407 |
| South Asian language | 173,536 |
| South Asian language: Urdu | 37,943 |
| South Asian language: Hindi | 3,990 |
| South Asian language: Panjabi | 73,541 |
| South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) | 12,372 |
| South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) | 20,862 |
| South Asian language: Gujarati | 8,613 |
| South Asian language: Marathi | 541 |
| South Asian language: Telugu | 1,847 |
| South Asian language: Tamil | 5,571 |
| South Asian language: Malayalam | 3,070 |
| South Asian language: Sinhala | 653 |
| South Asian language: Nepalese | 1,718 |
| South Asian language: Any other South Asian language | 2,815 |
| East Asian language | 17,503 |
| East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese | 1,884 |
| East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese | 3,182 |
| East Asian language: All other Chinese | 7,174 |
| East Asian language: Japanese | 314 |
| East Asian language: Korean | 483 |
| East Asian language: Vietnamese | 1,319 |
| East Asian language: Thai | 664 |
| East Asian language: Malay | 481 |
| East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino | 1,775 |
| East Asian language: Any other East Asian language | 227 |
| Oceanic or Australian language | 16 |
| North or South American language | 2 |
| Caribbean Creole | 60 |
| Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole | 20 |
| Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole | 40 |
| African language | 22,856 |
| African language: Amharic | 990 |
| African language: Tigrinya | 3,926 |
| African language: Somali | 8,458 |
| African language: Krio | 34 |
| African language: Akan | 1,738 |
| African language: Yoruba | 555 |
| African language: Igbo | 728 |
| African language: Swahili or Kiswahili | 813 |
| African language: Luganda | 87 |
| African language: Lingala | 424 |
| African language: Shona | 1,309 |
| African language: Afrikaans | 114 |
| African language: Any other Nigerian language | 548 |
| African language: Any other West African language | 1,724 |
| African language: Any other African language | 1,408 |
| Sign language | 1,799 |
| Sign language: British Sign Language | 1,438 |
| Sign language: Any other sign language | 128 |
| Sign language: Any sign communication system | 233 |
| Other language | 601 |
These values are calculated by adding up the values for census output areas contained within West Midlands. They may, therefore, be slightly inaccurate due to administrative boundaries not precisely aligning with census boundaries.
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