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Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000067

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Key Facts

All Residents 155,268
Male 76,123
Female 79,145
Households 64,984
Population Density (people/km2) 253.8
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 150,416
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 145,977
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 5
Other UK language 4
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 2
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 2
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 0
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 63
Portuguese 316
Spanish 194
Other European language (EU) 2,537
Other European language (EU): Italian 94
Other European language (EU): German 48
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,194
Other European language (EU): Slovak 47
Other European language (EU): Czech 35
Other European language (EU): Romanian 570
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 160
Other European language (EU): Latvian 14
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 133
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 132
Other European language (EU): Greek 42
Other European language (EU): Dutch 20
Other European language (EU): Swedish 13
Other European language (EU): Danish 9
Other European language (EU): Finnish 4
Other European language (EU): Estonian 10
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 4
Other European language (EU): Maltese 2
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 6
Other European language (non EU) 39
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 30
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 5
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 4
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 8
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 8
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 65
Turkish 151
Arabic 56
West or Central Asian language 56
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 3
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 19
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 15
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 19
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 0
South Asian language 390
South Asian language: Urdu 50
South Asian language: Hindi 19
South Asian language: Panjabi 25
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 55
South Asian language: Gujarati 45
South Asian language: Marathi 5
South Asian language: Telugu 13
South Asian language: Tamil 100
South Asian language: Malayalam 43
South Asian language: Sinhala 19
South Asian language: Nepalese 11
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 5
East Asian language 389
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 30
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 44
East Asian language: All other Chinese 77
East Asian language: Japanese 16
East Asian language: Korean 5
East Asian language: Vietnamese 14
East Asian language: Thai 51
East Asian language: Malay 3
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 136
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 13
Oceanic or Australian language 0
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 0
African language 85
African language: Amharic 3
African language: Tigrinya 0
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 13
African language: Yoruba 4
African language: Igbo 4
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 2
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 13
African language: Afrikaans 27
African language: Any other Nigerian language 1
African language: Any other West African language 4
African language: Any other African language 14
Sign language 73
Sign language: British Sign Language 50
Sign language: Any other sign language 7
Sign language: Any sign communication system 16
Other language 8

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