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Cherwell: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000177

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Key Facts

All Residents 161,016
Male 79,904
Female 81,112
Households 65,894
Population Density (people/km2) 273.5
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 155,496
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 141,071
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 15
Other UK language 7
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 1
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 3
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 221
Portuguese 1,061
Spanish 631
Other European language (EU) 7,926
Other European language (EU): Italian 376
Other European language (EU): German 110
Other European language (EU): Polish 3,301
Other European language (EU): Slovak 105
Other European language (EU): Czech 83
Other European language (EU): Romanian 2,022
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 99
Other European language (EU): Latvian 66
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 891
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 348
Other European language (EU): Greek 340
Other European language (EU): Dutch 64
Other European language (EU): Swedish 38
Other European language (EU): Danish 25
Other European language (EU): Finnish 16
Other European language (EU): Estonian 12
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 14
Other European language (EU): Maltese 1
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 15
Other European language (non EU) 294
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 239
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 30
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 1
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 24
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 145
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 145
Other European language (non-national) 1
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 1
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 226
Turkish 112
Arabic 220
West or Central Asian language 197
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 6
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 70
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 106
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 6
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 9
South Asian language 1,924
South Asian language: Urdu 468
South Asian language: Hindi 65
South Asian language: Panjabi 404
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 39
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 79
South Asian language: Gujarati 41
South Asian language: Marathi 22
South Asian language: Telugu 55
South Asian language: Tamil 126
South Asian language: Malayalam 335
South Asian language: Sinhala 37
South Asian language: Nepalese 227
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 26
East Asian language 1,179
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 146
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 157
East Asian language: All other Chinese 381
East Asian language: Japanese 51
East Asian language: Korean 48
East Asian language: Vietnamese 48
East Asian language: Thai 106
East Asian language: Malay 37
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 114
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 91
Oceanic or Australian language 17
North or South American language 1
Caribbean Creole 2
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 2
African language 195
African language: Amharic 6
African language: Tigrinya 0
African language: Somali 5
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 30
African language: Yoruba 11
African language: Igbo 4
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 14
African language: Luganda 4
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 34
African language: Afrikaans 36
African language: Any other Nigerian language 5
African language: Any other West African language 19
African language: Any other African language 27
Sign language 38
Sign language: British Sign Language 33
Sign language: Any other sign language 1
Sign language: Any sign communication system 4
Other language 13

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