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Basildon: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000066

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Key Facts

All Residents 187,571
Male 91,067
Female 96,504
Households 76,363
Population Density (people/km2) 1,705.1
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 180,339
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 171,066
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 9
Other UK language 3
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 0
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 3
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 126
Portuguese 335
Spanish 188
Other European language (EU) 4,801
Other European language (EU): Italian 151
Other European language (EU): German 33
Other European language (EU): Polish 852
Other European language (EU): Slovak 119
Other European language (EU): Czech 34
Other European language (EU): Romanian 2,221
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 708
Other European language (EU): Latvian 54
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 171
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 297
Other European language (EU): Greek 92
Other European language (EU): Dutch 28
Other European language (EU): Swedish 13
Other European language (EU): Danish 6
Other European language (EU): Finnish 8
Other European language (EU): Estonian 2
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 6
Other European language (EU): Maltese 2
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 4
Other European language (non EU) 139
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 87
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 46
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 6
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 9
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 9
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 229
Turkish 239
Arabic 171
West or Central Asian language 89
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 1
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 32
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 39
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 12
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 5
South Asian language 1,818
South Asian language: Urdu 180
South Asian language: Hindi 151
South Asian language: Panjabi 84
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 211
South Asian language: Gujarati 128
South Asian language: Marathi 67
South Asian language: Telugu 149
South Asian language: Tamil 236
South Asian language: Malayalam 473
South Asian language: Sinhala 36
South Asian language: Nepalese 52
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 51
East Asian language 607
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 38
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 103
East Asian language: All other Chinese 111
East Asian language: Japanese 17
East Asian language: Korean 8
East Asian language: Vietnamese 40
East Asian language: Thai 68
East Asian language: Malay 7
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 198
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 17
Oceanic or Australian language 2
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 6
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 6
African language 396
African language: Amharic 3
African language: Tigrinya 10
African language: Somali 3
African language: Krio 2
African language: Akan 53
African language: Yoruba 63
African language: Igbo 41
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 10
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 7
African language: Shona 76
African language: Afrikaans 54
African language: Any other Nigerian language 9
African language: Any other West African language 32
African language: Any other African language 33
Sign language 92
Sign language: British Sign Language 82
Sign language: Any other sign language 5
Sign language: Any sign communication system 5
Other language 14

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