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Oldham: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000004

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Key Facts

All Residents 242,088
Male 118,323
Female 123,766
Households 93,137
Population Density (people/km2) 1,700.5
Table Codets024
Issued2022-11-29
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options95

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 232,717
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 207,898
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 13
Other UK language 14
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 1
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 1
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 12
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 176
Portuguese 719
Spanish 517
Other European language (EU) 4,213
Other European language (EU): Italian 458
Other European language (EU): German 68
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,068
Other European language (EU): Slovak 123
Other European language (EU): Czech 220
Other European language (EU): Romanian 1,553
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 176
Other European language (EU): Latvian 81
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 246
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 106
Other European language (EU): Greek 59
Other European language (EU): Dutch 32
Other European language (EU): Swedish 5
Other European language (EU): Danish 7
Other European language (EU): Finnish 1
Other European language (EU): Estonian 3
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 2
Other European language (EU): Maltese 0
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 5
Other European language (non EU) 136
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 64
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 60
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 12
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 16
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 16
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 130
Turkish 49
Arabic 539
West or Central Asian language 1,148
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 0
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 359
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 256
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 532
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 1
South Asian language 15,678
South Asian language: Urdu 5,598
South Asian language: Hindi 32
South Asian language: Panjabi 2,799
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 473
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 5,955
South Asian language: Gujarati 351
South Asian language: Marathi 1
South Asian language: Telugu 19
South Asian language: Tamil 45
South Asian language: Malayalam 138
South Asian language: Sinhala 16
South Asian language: Nepalese 14
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 237
East Asian language 510
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 55
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 136
East Asian language: All other Chinese 141
East Asian language: Japanese 3
East Asian language: Korean 2
East Asian language: Vietnamese 35
East Asian language: Thai 39
East Asian language: Malay 7
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 67
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 25
Oceanic or Australian language 0
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 5
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 5
African language 748
African language: Amharic 35
African language: Tigrinya 91
African language: Somali 67
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 26
African language: Yoruba 70
African language: Igbo 54
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 67
African language: Luganda 5
African language: Lingala 14
African language: Shona 62
African language: Afrikaans 10
African language: Any other Nigerian language 36
African language: Any other West African language 51
African language: Any other African language 160
Sign language 157
Sign language: British Sign Language 142
Sign language: Any other sign language 12
Sign language: Any sign communication system 3
Other language 51

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