The 2021 census has revealed the main languages of people living in South Holland
In the district 88.7 per cent of people (81,955 people) say English is their first language, slightly lower than the national average of 91.1 per cent (which includes Welsh speakers) writes Local Democracy Reporter Daniel Jaines.
As with the rest of the United Kingdom, the second most common first language is Polish which accounts for 4 per cent of South Holland’s population aged three and over.
The next most popular languages in the area were Lithuanian (2.3 per cent), Romanian (1.4 per cent), Latvian (0.89 per cent) and Russian (0.58 per cent).
The percentage of people with English as a first language was down from 92.3 per cent in 2011.
According to the Office for National Statistics, which compiled the 2021 figures , a total of 4.1 million people also said they were proficient in English or Welsh but did not speak it as their main language.
The most common main languages, other than English (English or Welsh in Wales), were: Polish (1.1 per cent, 612,000), Romanian (0.8 per cent, 472,000), Punjabi (0.5 per cent, 291,000), and Urdu (0.5 per cent, 270,000).
