The table below indicates the 'Main Language' of Leicester residents in the 2011 Census.
|
Language
|
Count
|
%
|
|
English
|
228,295
|
72.5%
|
|
Gujarati
|
36,347
|
11.5%
|
|
Panjabi
|
7,560
|
2.4%
|
|
Polish
|
6,192
|
2.0%
|
|
Urdu
|
3,376
|
1.1%
|
|
Somali
|
3,331
|
1.1%
|
|
Chinese
|
3,028
|
1.0%
|
|
Arabic
|
2,516
|
0.8%
|
|
Bengali
|
1,808
|
0.6%
|
|
Portuguese
|
1,750
|
0.6%
|
|
Kurdish
|
1,520
|
0.5%
|
|
Tamil
|
1,498
|
0.5%
|
|
Hindi
|
1,095
|
0.3%
|
|
Persian/Farsi
|
1,021
|
0.3%
|
|
Others
|
15,674
|
5.0%
|
After those specified above, the next most common languages in Leicester are Slovak, French, Shona, Turkish, Greek and Swahili.
This information is provided by the Office for National
Statistics and the National Statistics Agency. All Crown Copyright.
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