Polish second most spoken language Polish is the second most
common main language in England and Wales with more than half a
million speakers, according to new figures from the 2011 Census.
Nearly one in 10 people in England and Wales - 8% - reported
speaking a different main language to English or Welsh in the
census, findings from the Office for National Statistics (ONS)
have shown. Polish was the second most commonly reported main
language with 546,000 speakers, reflecting more than half a
million Poles who migrated to England and Wales during the last
decade. Redcar and Cleveland local authority had the highest
percentage of people with English as their main language at 99%
of the population, with Ealing listing the highest proportion of
Polish speakers at 6% of the population. In all but three of the
London boroughs - the City of London, Richmond Upon Thames, and
Hillingdon - more than 100 languages were listed as main
languages. Of the four million residents of England and Wales
who spoke a main languag