Household language by council, Census 2021

Households of each of England's and Wales's 318 councils by household language, Census 2021, from the ONS Census API (its “Household language (English and Welsh) (5 categories)”).

All adults in household have English in England, or English or Welsh in Wales as a main language, highest: Birmingham

335,085

Census Day, 21 March 2021

Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:48 UTC

Household language by council, Census 2021

Source: Office for National Statistics (Census 2021). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data table

318 rows

Area	All adults in household have English in England, or English or Welsh in Wales as a main language	At least one but not all adults in household have English in England, or English or Welsh in Wales as a main language	No adults in household, but at least one person aged 3 to 15 years, has English in England or English or Welsh in Wales as a main language	No people in household have English in England, or English or Welsh in Wales as a main language
Birmingham E08000025	335,085	42,484	10,819	35,068
Leeds E08000035	305,038	12,821	5,101	18,507
North Yorkshire E06000065	266,310	3,087	991	3,991
Cornwall E06000052	244,595	3,042	613	2,285
Somerset E06000066	238,628	3,964	1,502	6,026
County Durham E06000047	229,628	1,983	617	2,534
Sheffield E08000019 its area before 1 April 2025	208,854	8,854	3,081	11,163
Wiltshire E06000054	206,224	3,778	1,285	3,793
Buckinghamshire E06000060	200,024	9,933	2,763	7,608
Liverpool E08000012	185,608	5,876	2,756	13,252
Bradford E08000032	174,485	18,758	3,807	12,819
Manchester E08000003	167,940	17,459	6,351	22,982
Bristol, City of E06000023	167,698	10,224	2,710	11,006
Cheshire East E06000049	166,631	2,865	939	4,421
Dorset E06000059	165,323	2,077	510	1,351
Kirklees E08000034	160,454	9,297	1,887	6,350
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole E06000058	156,998	6,345	2,151	8,348
West Northamptonshire E06000062	152,112	6,293	2,895	11,342
Cheshire West and Chester E06000050	148,859	2,594	819	2,884
East Riding of Yorkshire E06000011	148,184	1,513	578	1,793
Northumberland E06000057	144,739	1,002	310	871
Wakefield E08000036	143,641	2,850	1,302	5,282
Wirral E08000015	139,112	1,744	488	1,911
Wigan E08000010	137,357	1,744	834	3,170
Shropshire E06000051	135,501	1,761	431	1,887
North Northamptonshire E06000061	134,090	4,130	2,266	8,432
Cardiff W06000015	131,662	6,284	1,976	7,409
Dudley E08000027	129,594	3,579	806	3,090
Doncaster E08000017	123,022	2,364	1,286	6,808
Croydon E09000008	122,932	12,189	4,453	13,372
Cumberland E06000063	122,273	1,122	345	1,685
Bromley E09000006	121,530	6,448	2,208	5,641
Stockport E08000007	119,692	3,155	897	2,904
Sunderland E08000024	118,610	1,437	400	1,732
Sefton E08000014	118,046	1,578	615	2,834
Central Bedfordshire E06000056	113,788	2,865	1,033	3,069
South Gloucestershire E06000025	110,714	2,893	1,018	3,476
Plymouth E06000026	108,465	2,180	857	3,056
Rotherham E08000018	108,427	2,120	816	2,562
Newcastle upon Tyne E08000021	108,326	5,076	1,966	7,429
East Suffolk E07000244	107,860	1,266	357	1,263
Wandsworth E09000032	107,645	13,023	3,148	13,577
Coventry E08000026	107,319	9,128	3,422	14,271
Brighton and Hove E06000043	106,982	6,603	1,209	6,608
Sandwell E08000028	105,246	10,315	3,521	11,164
Barnet E09000003	104,866	16,899	5,515	21,637
Bolton E08000001	104,196	6,204	2,017	6,373
Lambeth E09000022	103,932	13,866	2,896	13,994
Kingston upon Hull, City of E06000010	103,563	2,641	1,616	7,652
Nottingham E06000018	103,443	7,169	3,022	11,111
Barnsley E08000016 its area before 1 April 2025	102,888	1,158	610	3,397
Medway E06000035	102,839	3,427	1,393	3,799
Rhondda Cynon Taf W06000016	101,433	922	192	792
Westmorland and Furness E06000064	100,907	1,107	288	1,227
Southwark E09000028	100,632	12,898	3,003	14,284
Salford E08000006	100,184	4,275	1,698	8,959
Stoke-on-Trent E06000021	99,219	3,711	1,609	5,861
Swansea W06000011	99,213	2,143	750	2,856
Walsall E08000030	98,793	5,910	1,752	5,774
Lewisham E09000023	97,653	10,538	3,094	11,107
Milton Keynes E06000042	96,245	6,143	2,826	7,886
North Tyneside E08000022	93,377	1,213	365	1,277
Tameside E08000008	92,756	2,851	900	3,020
Derby E06000015	90,342	5,848	1,993	7,469
North Somerset E06000024	90,118	1,670	602	2,259
Havering E09000016	89,573	4,827	2,053	4,824
Greenwich E09000011	88,798	10,348	3,327	11,579
Trafford E08000009	87,666	3,918	1,397	3,287
Wolverhampton E08000031	87,257	6,407	2,395	9,082
Calderdale E08000033	85,180	2,731	555	2,008
Swindon E06000030	85,135	3,635	1,675	5,417
Southampton E06000045	84,920	5,554	2,230	9,587
Gateshead E08000037	84,863	1,292	570	2,274
Warrington E06000007	84,830	1,625	733	3,347
Solihull E08000029	84,550	2,302	723	1,908
Bexley E09000004	84,248	4,635	1,912	4,505
Enfield E09000010	84,068	15,211	5,476	16,168
Leicester E06000016	82,741	15,204	5,534	23,909
Ealing E09000009	82,290	19,976	6,393	25,000
Oldham E08000004	80,697	6,683	1,554	4,206
Stockton-on-Tees E06000004	80,620	1,319	452	1,364
York E06000014	80,611	2,131	524	2,193
Hillingdon E09000017	80,103	11,547	4,657	12,921
Carmarthenshire W06000010	79,596	758	247	1,158
Rochdale E08000005	79,557	5,140	1,437	4,091
Herefordshire, County of E06000019	78,549	1,281	628	2,369
St. Helens E08000013	78,442	773	359	1,437
Hackney E09000012	77,358	13,754	2,606	12,361
Portsmouth E06000044	76,899	3,525	1,198	4,533
Tower Hamlets E09000030	75,824	21,855	3,924	18,937
New Forest E07000091	75,567	1,050	242	707
Caerphilly W06000018	75,078	514	175	489
Waltham Forest E09000031	74,555	12,697	3,720	11,929
Bury E08000002	74,419	2,805	816	2,654
Bath and North East Somerset E06000022	74,366	2,365	471	2,048
West Suffolk E07000245	73,566	1,735	721	2,724
Colchester E07000071	73,526	2,501	825	2,858
Southend-on-Sea E06000033	72,701	2,269	868	2,506
Islington E09000019	72,552	10,722	2,028	11,194
Huntingdonshire E07000011	72,025	1,819	689	2,347
Basildon E07000066	71,627	1,738	882	2,115
Telford and Wrekin E06000020	70,913	1,913	750	2,934
Chelmsford E07000070	70,770	1,942	666	2,025
Basingstoke and Deane E07000084	70,588	2,257	903	2,897
Haringey E09000014	70,236	13,424	3,560	17,872
Brent E09000005	69,400	19,431	5,800	23,981
Richmond upon Thames E09000027	68,722	5,574	1,604	4,804
Redbridge E09000026	68,376	15,884	5,084	14,369
North Lincolnshire E06000013	68,356	1,399	651	2,767
Sutton E09000029	68,161	5,564	2,741	5,885
Arun E07000224	68,124	1,456	668	2,413
Charnwood E07000130	67,959	2,563	629	2,635
Camden E09000007	67,055	11,335	1,872	12,497
Hounslow E09000018	66,993	13,859	5,070	17,039
North East Lincolnshire E06000012	66,944	847	388	1,647
South Tyneside E08000023	66,480	821	272	714
Wealden E07000065	66,466	1,082	197	521
Tendring E07000076	65,917	732	190	612
Peterborough E06000031	65,466	5,716	3,139	10,212
Maidstone E07000110	65,277	1,962	975	2,994
East Devon E07000040	65,208	864	190	526
Flintshire W06000005	64,291	814	345	1,461
Newham E09000025	64,166	21,748	6,897	22,696
Bedford E06000055	63,998	4,320	1,407	5,225
Knowsley E08000011	63,828	651	321	1,273
East Lindsey E07000137	63,542	523	146	543
Isle of Wight E06000046	63,276	721	180	598
King's Lynn and West Norfolk E07000146	63,229	1,192	724	2,317
Westminster E09000033	63,128	12,257	1,990	17,440
West Berkshire E06000037	62,660	1,692	541	1,766
Braintree E07000067	62,592	1,092	321	981
Wokingham E06000041	62,366	2,906	1,360	2,532
Blackpool E06000009	61,631	984	386	1,788
Neath Port Talbot W06000012	61,354	510	117	395
Newport W06000022	61,138	1,920	657	2,340
Bridgend W06000013	61,063	544	173	580
South Cambridgeshire E07000012	60,943	2,539	941	2,573
Redcar and Cleveland E06000003	60,817	367	81	371
Torbay E06000027	60,735	992	272	994
Merton E09000024	60,615	8,891	2,993	9,230
Mid Sussex E07000228	59,907	1,735	404	1,303
Canterbury E07000106	59,731	1,955	472	1,637
South Kesteven E07000141	59,712	1,019	526	1,593
Horsham E07000227	59,638	1,394	305	1,033
South Norfolk E07000149	59,436	893	324	728
Hammersmith and Fulham E09000013	59,132	9,044	1,922	11,146
Powys W06000023	58,908	510	147	616
Thanet E07000114	58,854	1,218	494	1,633
Teignbridge E07000045	58,706	646	115	371
Cherwell E07000177	58,698	2,649	910	3,637
Dacorum E07000096	58,659	1,997	764	1,992
East Hertfordshire E07000242	58,330	1,637	395	1,661
Swale E07000113	57,937	956	366	1,236
South Oxfordshire E07000179	57,795	1,745	484	1,473
Thurrock E06000034	57,776	2,717	1,657	4,227
Stafford E07000197	57,642	843	367	1,195
Norwich E07000148	57,138	2,343	921	4,057
Stratford-on-Avon E07000221	57,040	1,046	280	1,098
Lancaster E07000121	56,792	1,306	366	1,516
Harrow E09000015	56,644	12,961	4,368	15,669
Warwick E07000222	56,495	2,476	620	3,028
Breckland E07000143	56,317	1,163	624	2,255
Broadland E07000144	56,304	720	175	561
Vale of Glamorgan W06000014	55,987	676	313	474
Luton E06000032	55,173	10,031	3,304	10,432
Amber Valley E07000032	55,156	472	154	495
Middlesbrough E06000002	55,104	1,765	670	2,723
Reigate and Banstead E07000211	54,906	2,271	710	1,962
Wrexham W06000006	54,746	835	463	1,870
Pembrokeshire W06000009	54,495	501	93	398
Wychavon E07000238	54,459	849	442	1,606
Eastleigh E07000086	54,270	1,225	385	1,044
Halton E06000006	54,248	528	233	942
Windsor and Maidenhead E06000040	53,892	3,466	847	2,727
St Albans E07000240	53,644	2,791	662	1,893
North Hertfordshire E07000099	53,346	1,640	405	1,341
Vale of White Horse E07000180	53,327	1,859	576	1,736
Reading E06000038	52,932	5,295	1,844	7,612
Ashfield E07000170	52,519	637	300	1,052
Ipswich E07000202	52,202	1,977	1,067	4,261
Havant E07000090	52,156	699	185	549
Nuneaton and Bedworth E07000219	52,097	1,469	641	2,379
Chichester E07000225	51,970	1,055	256	838
Test Valley E07000093	51,917	1,225	428	1,138
Barking and Dagenham E09000002	51,548	8,753	4,270	9,333
Kingston upon Thames E09000021	51,534	6,051	1,872	6,169
Tonbridge and Malling E07000115	51,386	1,123	338	726
Newcastle-under-Lyme E07000195	51,260	787	265	1,112
Preston E07000123	51,044	3,099	989	4,475
Conwy W06000003	51,027	586	139	483
Stroud E07000082	50,993	748	173	464
Newark and Sherwood E07000175	50,940	712	326	1,353
East Hampshire E07000085	50,738	1,016	232	732
Epping Forest E07000072	50,407	2,039	579	1,532
Guildford E07000209	50,352	2,511	591	2,306
Elmbridge E07000207	50,326	2,578	684	2,002
Gloucester E07000081	50,246	1,728	785	2,648
Wyre E07000128	50,000	368	96	303
Waverley E07000216	49,916	1,350	252	930
North Kesteven E07000139	49,721	577	183	507
Ashford E07000105	49,710	1,514	607	1,754
Gwynedd W06000002	49,653	649	129	674
Gedling E07000173	49,447	935	281	888
Winchester E07000094	49,347	1,256	240	872
Bassetlaw E07000171	49,136	577	304	1,440
Blackburn with Darwen E06000008	49,045	5,041	1,017	3,663
Erewash E07000036	48,868	567	167	732
Chorley E07000118	48,794	602	162	574
Cheltenham E07000078	48,734	1,523	542	2,100
Dover E07000108	48,433	873	345	899
Exeter E07000041	47,829	1,960	549	2,216
Rushcliffe E07000176	47,827	1,086	285	685
Hinckley and Bosworth E07000132	47,742	693	216	797
North Norfolk E07000147	47,539	383	116	337
South Ribble E07000126	47,348	564	156	516
Fareham E07000087	47,345	762	147	386
Kensington and Chelsea E09000020	47,066	7,558	1,361	10,899
Chesterfield E07000034	46,726	522	177	633
Sevenoaks E07000111	46,720	1,229	371	691
West Lancashire E07000127	46,686	586	256	1,005
Darlington E06000005	46,664	672	293	1,289
Worthing E07000229	46,218	1,410	355	1,555
Folkestone and Hythe E07000112	45,883	1,017	303	1,133
Bracknell Forest E06000036	45,735	1,939	706	1,868
West Oxfordshire E07000181	45,703	1,074	244	960
East Staffordshire E07000193	45,513	1,819	749	3,212
Broxtowe E07000172	45,501	1,189	336	1,335
South Staffordshire E07000196	45,433	408	57	224
North East Derbyshire E07000038	45,305	335	91	256
Tunbridge Wells E07000116	44,958	1,452	454	1,359
Lichfield E07000194	44,507	520	128	475
Mansfield E07000174	44,234	825	476	2,495
Wyre Forest E07000239	43,997	538	147	638
South Derbyshire E07000039	43,559	714	201	766
Mid Suffolk E07000203	43,483	412	100	348
North West Leicestershire E07000134	43,383	576	209	805
Cannock Chase E07000192	42,523	403	105	426
Oxford E07000178	42,337	5,881	1,288	5,732
North Devon E07000043	42,200	450	100	448
Lewes E07000063	41,953	920	227	588
Staffordshire Moorlands E07000198	41,841	262	56	196
Eastbourne E07000061	41,640	1,570	574	1,827
Denbighshire W06000004	41,559	388	108	332
West Lindsey E07000142	41,508	365	110	361
Great Yarmouth E07000145	41,409	728	462	1,945
Rugby E07000220	41,152	1,731	799	3,331
Rother E07000064	41,061	604	102	337
Welwyn Hatfield E07000241	40,855	2,236	779	2,339
Worcester E07000237	40,775	1,419	507	2,021
Dartford E07000107	40,653	1,761	1,021	2,261
Bromsgrove E07000234	40,452	451	96	266
Monmouthshire W06000021	40,099	422	87	315
Fenland E07000010	40,087	909	630	2,457
Blaby E07000129	40,059	1,031	290	1,195
High Peak E07000037	40,012	432	64	264
Hartlepool E06000001	39,989	341	141	460
Torfaen W06000020	39,543	329	78	291
Cotswold E07000079	39,450	602	121	423
Tewkesbury E07000083	39,333	617	276	705
Babergh E07000200	39,274	507	98	322
Cambridge E07000008	39,241	5,674	1,298	6,259
Harborough E07000131	39,029	721	143	520
South Hams E07000044	38,578	496	84	177
Lincoln E07000138	38,067	1,187	602	2,651
Hart E07000089	38,053	986	265	660
Hastings E07000062	37,875	998	354	1,226
Hertsmere E07000098	37,312	2,215	948	2,209
Crawley E07000226	37,053	3,353	1,348	3,748
Spelthorne E07000213	36,697	2,045	749	2,314
Castle Point E07000069	36,607	432	83	266
Fylde E07000119	36,602	403	123	477
Forest of Dean E07000080	36,408	350	77	382
Gravesham E07000109	36,099	2,076	860	2,689
South Holland E07000140	36,071	1,021	715	2,896
Burnley E07000117	35,967	1,625	393	1,887
Woking E07000217	35,599	2,615	751	2,472
Uttlesford E07000077	35,436	780	206	536
Mole Valley E07000210	35,297	987	198	657
Broxbourne E07000095	35,276	1,811	682	2,081
Rochford E07000075	34,981	348	48	180
East Cambridgeshire E07000009	34,965	855	333	1,050
Gosport E07000088	34,869	526	139	388
Mid Devon E07000042	34,532	428	133	540
Tandridge E07000215	34,133	860	166	465
Malvern Hills E07000235	34,112	426	88	266
Bolsover E07000033	33,900	339	132	891
Rushmoor E07000092	33,581	1,839	798	3,085
Harlow E07000073	33,334	1,533	761	2,229
Three Rivers E07000102	33,333	1,563	561	1,401
Redditch E07000236	33,249	1,069	372	1,688
Slough E06000039	33,149	8,146	3,039	8,089
Surrey Heath E07000214	33,051	1,426	396	1,133
Stevenage E07000243	33,033	1,324	596	1,558
Pendle E07000122	32,687	2,597	495	2,287
Hyndburn E07000120	32,107	1,497	262	924
Derbyshire Dales E07000035	31,858	255	33	135
Tamworth E07000199	31,334	492	165	904
Runnymede E07000212	31,293	1,666	403	1,476
Brentwood E07000068	30,663	747	236	695
Isle of Anglesey W06000001	30,459	186	29	148
Watford E07000103	30,443	3,486	1,438	4,261
Torridge E07000046	30,064	219	46	128
Ceredigion W06000008	29,934	489	78	391
Blaenau Gwent W06000019	29,682	216	101	341
Rossendale E07000125	29,618	583	113	247
Epsom and Ewell E07000208	27,686	1,751	551	1,333
Maldon E07000074	27,423	301	42	134
North Warwickshire E07000218	26,900	276	67	337
Adur E07000223	26,542	628	142	366
Ribble Valley E07000124	26,268	253	33	193
Merthyr Tydfil W06000024	24,646	265	196	676
West Devon E07000047	24,386	251	36	145
Boston E07000136	23,431	930	951	4,092
Melton E07000133	21,793	298	121	387
Oadby and Wigston E07000135	19,898	1,258	295	1,166
Rutland E06000017	16,313	203	60	118
City of London E09000001	3,670	387	42	815
Isles of Scilly E06000053	915	12	1	14
Barnsley E08000038	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000016
Sheffield E08000039	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019	given for its area before 1 April 2025, under E08000019

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All adults in household have English in England, or English or Welsh in Wales as a main language · 316 areas, each shaded by the fifth of the areas its figure falls in

915 to 40k
40k to 51k
51k to 63k
63k to 90k
90k to 335k

Boundaries: Council boundaries, May 2026, from the geography spine. Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Verified against source, 30 October 2026, 11:48 UTC Run at 30 October 2026, 11:48 UTC; 1272 of 1272 figures matched the live source.

Result	Check	Detail
Pass	Provenance recorded	Office for National Statistics (Census 2021); Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-30T11:42:53Z; 2 raw file(s)
Pass	Raw files match recorded SHA-256	2 of 2 files intact
Pass	Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures	1272 of 1272 figures and the headline reproduced
Pass	Figures are finite numbers	1272 figures, 0 invalid
Pass	Live source matches every figure	1272 of 1272 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches
Pass	The ONS's answer for England and for Wales agrees	in 8 of 8 cells (a category in a nation) the councils sum to the nation's count at https://api.beta.ons.gov.uk/v1/population-types/HH/census-observations?area-type=ctry&dimensions=hh_language within twice the square root of the councils summed (1 exactly; the largest gap 0.32 of its limit), the Census's cell-by-cell perturbation
Pass	Source page answers	https://www.ons.gov.uk/datasets/create – HTTP 200

Notes

Census Day was the 21st of March 2021. The ONS perturbs every count slightly to protect privacy, each cell on its own, so a council's categories can add up to a total a few people different from one topic to another, and its councils add up to England's and Wales's counts only within a few dozen.
By council as the ONS's Census API gives them, its lower-tier local authorities of 2023, with Barnsley's and Sheffield's figures under the codes they had until the 1st of April 2025, as the API gives them. Scotland's and Northern Ireland's censuses are separate, so their councils are not here.
Every council's categories together count all its households.
The ONS's description of the topic, “Household language (English and Welsh) (5 categories)”: Classifies households by the combination of adults and children (aged 3 to 15 years) within a household that have English (English or Welsh in Wales) as their main language.