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Gateshead: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000037

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Key Facts

All Residents 196,151
Male 96,199
Female 99,952
Households 88,999
Population Density (people/km2) 1,378.0
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 190,303
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 182,293
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 8
Other UK language 11
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 1
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 4
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 3
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 3
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 0
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 154
Portuguese 243
Spanish 268
Other European language (EU) 2,860
Other European language (EU): Italian 241
Other European language (EU): German 55
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,150
Other European language (EU): Slovak 86
Other European language (EU): Czech 134
Other European language (EU): Romanian 503
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 114
Other European language (EU): Latvian 47
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 93
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 179
Other European language (EU): Greek 197
Other European language (EU): Dutch 29
Other European language (EU): Swedish 12
Other European language (EU): Danish 2
Other European language (EU): Finnish 3
Other European language (EU): Estonian 0
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 7
Other European language (EU): Maltese 2
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 6
Other European language (non EU) 151
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 119
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 16
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 16
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 21
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 21
Other European language (non-national) 2
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 2
Russian 119
Turkish 154
Arabic 894
West or Central Asian language 1,138
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 13
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 693
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 377
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 27
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 28
South Asian language 794
South Asian language: Urdu 189
South Asian language: Hindi 44
South Asian language: Panjabi 191
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 2
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 90
South Asian language: Gujarati 18
South Asian language: Marathi 7
South Asian language: Telugu 39
South Asian language: Tamil 96
South Asian language: Malayalam 60
South Asian language: Sinhala 16
South Asian language: Nepalese 10
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 32
East Asian language 768
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 91
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 150
East Asian language: All other Chinese 275
East Asian language: Japanese 22
East Asian language: Korean 5
East Asian language: Vietnamese 38
East Asian language: Thai 72
East Asian language: Malay 15
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 94
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 6
Oceanic or Australian language 4
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 0
African language 301
African language: Amharic 42
African language: Tigrinya 90
African language: Somali 2
African language: Krio 2
African language: Akan 3
African language: Yoruba 24
African language: Igbo 32
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 7
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 2
African language: Shona 26
African language: Afrikaans 7
African language: Any other Nigerian language 7
African language: Any other West African language 23
African language: Any other African language 34
Sign language 114
Sign language: British Sign Language 94
Sign language: Any other sign language 7
Sign language: Any sign communication system 13
Other language 6

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