Languages

The Census tells us that Polish is the most spoken main language for those who don’t have English as a first language both in Oxfordshire and at a national level. This accounts for 1.1% of the total population of England and Wales, and 1.2% in Oxfordshire.
In Oxfordshire, Portuguese was the second most spoken language (0.8%) and Romanian was the third (0.8%).
Romanian language users saw the greatest increase from the last census, where at a national level it was placed as the 19th most spoken language. Romanian is now the second most spoken language in England and Wales (excluding English).

Resident language users

Oxford has the largest population of residents whose main language is not English (18%), and Oxfordshire's population as a whole is similar to England and Wales in the proportion of residents whose main language isn't English.

	Other main language users	% of users
Cherwell	14,425	9%
Oxford	28,608	18%
South Oxfordshire	6,930	5%
Vale of White Horse	4,046	3%
West Oxfordshire	7,484	7%
Oxfordshire	61,493	9%
England and Wales	5,134,454	9%

Note: This table shows only the percentage of residents whose main language isn't English, this is not a reflection on English proficiency.

Source: Census table TS024

The languages that make up our county visualised

Oxfordshire is a polyglottic county and home to many native, and non-native language speakers and multi-linguists. The below demonstrates the languages in our county where the larger the bubble, the larger the number of speakers.

Source: Census table TS024