Polish '2nd language in England'
New figures from the 2011 census show that Polish appears to be the second biggest language in England, with 1% of residents citing it as their main language.
Top twenty languages spoken in England and Wales
- English (English or Welsh if in Wales). 92.3%
- Polish, 1.0%
- Panjabi, 0.5%
- Urdu, 0.5%
- Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya), 0.4%
- Gujarati, 0.4%
- Arabic, 0.3%
- French, 0.3%
- All other Chinese (excludes Madarin and Cantonese), 0.3%
- Portuguese, 0.2%
- Spanish, 0.2%
- Tamil, 0.2%
- Turkish, 0.2%
- Italian, 0.2%
- Somali, 0.2%
- Lithuanian, 0.2%
- German, 0.1%
- Persian/Farsi, 0.1%
- Tagalog/Filipino, 0.1%
- Romanian, 0.1%
Figures from the Office of National Statistics: Quick Statistics for England and Wales 2011.
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