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Tameside: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000008

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Key Facts

All Residents 231,071
Male 113,276
Female 117,797
Households 99,527
Population Density (people/km2) 2,239.7
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 223,050
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 209,879
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 17
Other UK language 12
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) 5
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 5
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 0
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 1
French 134
Portuguese 432
Spanish 311
Other European language (EU) 3,430
Other European language (EU): Italian 304
Other European language (EU): German 47
Other European language (EU): Polish 2,072
Other European language (EU): Slovak 48
Other European language (EU): Czech 94
Other European language (EU): Romanian 402
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 61
Other European language (EU): Latvian 50
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 66
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 129
Other European language (EU): Greek 81
Other European language (EU): Dutch 29
Other European language (EU): Swedish 15
Other European language (EU): Danish 11
Other European language (EU): Finnish 6
Other European language (EU): Estonian 4
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 3
Other European language (EU): Maltese 3
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 5
Other European language (non EU) 83
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 63
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 14
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 6
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 13
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 13
Other European language (non-national) 1
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 1
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 136
Turkish 49
Arabic 537
West or Central Asian language 485
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 2
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 159
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 241
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 69
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 14
South Asian language 5,913
South Asian language: Urdu 2,179
South Asian language: Hindi 48
South Asian language: Panjabi 758
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 19
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 1,657
South Asian language: Gujarati 881
South Asian language: Marathi 8
South Asian language: Telugu 21
South Asian language: Tamil 36
South Asian language: Malayalam 128
South Asian language: Sinhala 10
South Asian language: Nepalese 118
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 50
East Asian language 946
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 83
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 283
East Asian language: All other Chinese 362
East Asian language: Japanese 7
East Asian language: Korean 1
East Asian language: Vietnamese 62
East Asian language: Thai 59
East Asian language: Malay 6
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 65
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 18
Oceanic or Australian language 0
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 2
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 2
African language 546
African language: Amharic 18
African language: Tigrinya 50
African language: Somali 27
African language: Krio 2
African language: Akan 51
African language: Yoruba 55
African language: Igbo 22
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 82
African language: Luganda 5
African language: Lingala 7
African language: Shona 29
African language: Afrikaans 11
African language: Any other Nigerian language 10
African language: Any other West African language 47
African language: Any other African language 130
Sign language 110
Sign language: British Sign Language 88
Sign language: Any other sign language 14
Sign language: Any sign communication system 8
Other language 14

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