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Census 2021: Language

Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by languages spoken.

Metadata

Source Publisher Time period Geography Licence Attribution Last updated
Office for National Statistics Office for National Statistics Local authority (LA), Middle-layer Super Output Area (MSOA), Lower-layer Super Output Area (LSOA), Output Area (OA), Electoral Ward (Ward) OGL v3.0 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

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Population of Local Authorities in Greater Manchester classified by languages spoken (detailed)

Data

Download the complete datasets in Comma Separated Values (CSV) format using the following links:

Main language - detailed (Persons)

File name Geography
2021_population_language_detailed_la_gm.csv LA

Proficiency in English (Persons)

File name Geography
2021_population_english_proficiency_la_gm.csv LA
2021_population_english_proficiency_msoa_trafford.csv MSOA
2021_population_english_proficiency_lsoa_trafford.csv LSOA
2021_population_english_proficiency_oa_trafford.csv OA
2021_population_english_proficiency_ward_trafford.csv Ward

Multiple main languages in household (Households)

File name Geography
2021_household_language_diversity_la_gm.csv LA
2021_household_language_diversity_msoa_trafford.csv MSOA
2021_household_language_diversity_lsoa_trafford.csv LSOA
2021_household_language_diversity_oa_trafford.csv OA
2021_household_language_diversity_ward_trafford.csv Ward

Household language (Households)

File name Geography
2021_household_main_language_english_la_gm.csv LA
2021_household_main_language_english_msoa_trafford.csv MSOA
2021_household_main_language_english_lsoa_trafford.csv LSOA
2021_household_main_language_english_oa_trafford.csv OA
2021_household_main_language_english_ward_trafford.csv Ward

Pre-processing

The R script used to process the data can be adapted to other areas. For information about R visit the CRAN website.