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Exeter: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000041

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Key Facts

All Residents 130,709
Male 63,665
Female 67,044
Households 52,554
Population Density (people/km2) 2,780.0
Table Codets024
Issued2022-11-29
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options95

This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by their main language. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

A person's first or preferred language.

This shows a detailed breakdown of the responses given in the write-in option "Other, write in".

Main language (detailed): Total: All usual residents aged 3 years and over 127,216
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 117,312
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 33
Other UK language 4
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 1
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 1
Other UK language: Scots 1
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 1
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 373
Portuguese 278
Spanish 643
Other European language (EU) 4,172
Other European language (EU): Italian 361
Other European language (EU): German 193
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,652
Other European language (EU): Slovak 89
Other European language (EU): Czech 35
Other European language (EU): Romanian 916
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 219
Other European language (EU): Latvian 17
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 145
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 166
Other European language (EU): Greek 221
Other European language (EU): Dutch 63
Other European language (EU): Swedish 26
Other European language (EU): Danish 18
Other European language (EU): Finnish 12
Other European language (EU): Estonian 4
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 2
Other European language (EU): Maltese 4
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 29
Other European language (non EU) 69
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 27
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 14
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 1
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 27
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 27
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 27
Other European language (non-national) 2
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 2
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 139
Turkish 210
Arabic 572
West or Central Asian language 369
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 7
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 74
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 226
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 36
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 26
South Asian language 863
South Asian language: Urdu 57
South Asian language: Hindi 83
South Asian language: Panjabi 35
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 200
South Asian language: Gujarati 22
South Asian language: Marathi 16
South Asian language: Telugu 44
South Asian language: Tamil 57
South Asian language: Malayalam 294
South Asian language: Sinhala 7
South Asian language: Nepalese 25
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 23
East Asian language 1,934
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 129
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 288
East Asian language: All other Chinese 860
East Asian language: Japanese 83
East Asian language: Korean 92
East Asian language: Vietnamese 22
East Asian language: Thai 97
East Asian language: Malay 44
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 285
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 34
Oceanic or Australian language 2
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 1
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 1
African language 103
African language: Amharic 3
African language: Tigrinya 4
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 5
African language: Yoruba 8
African language: Igbo 11
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 4
African language: Luganda 1
African language: Lingala 2
African language: Shona 21
African language: Afrikaans 7
African language: Any other Nigerian language 5
African language: Any other West African language 6
African language: Any other African language 26
Sign language 100
Sign language: British Sign Language 96
Sign language: Any other sign language 0
Sign language: Any sign communication system 4
Other language 10

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