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Bexley: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: London Boroughs, ONS Geographic Code: E09000004

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Key Facts

All Residents 246,472
Male 118,502
Female 127,970
Households 95,299
Population Density (people/km2) 4,070.7
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 237,627
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 214,970
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 12
Other UK language 13
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 4
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 4
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 0
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 5
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 543
Portuguese 725
Spanish 601
Other European language (EU) 7,157
Other European language (EU): Italian 489
Other European language (EU): German 103
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,505
Other European language (EU): Slovak 104
Other European language (EU): Czech 50
Other European language (EU): Romanian 2,258
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 922
Other European language (EU): Latvian 117
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 271
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 969
Other European language (EU): Greek 213
Other European language (EU): Dutch 50
Other European language (EU): Swedish 25
Other European language (EU): Danish 19
Other European language (EU): Finnish 25
Other European language (EU): Estonian 6
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 9
Other European language (EU): Maltese 10
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 12
Other European language (non EU) 684
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 469
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 197
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 6
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 12
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 42
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 42
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 578
Turkish 765
Arabic 292
West or Central Asian language 577
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 6
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 154
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 240
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 105
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 72
South Asian language 7,225
South Asian language: Urdu 307
South Asian language: Hindi 378
South Asian language: Panjabi 2,175
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 1
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 511
South Asian language: Gujarati 691
South Asian language: Marathi 77
South Asian language: Telugu 284
South Asian language: Tamil 1,254
South Asian language: Malayalam 170
South Asian language: Sinhala 115
South Asian language: Nepalese 1,166
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 96
East Asian language 2,054
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 225
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 450
East Asian language: All other Chinese 717
East Asian language: Japanese 62
East Asian language: Korean 25
East Asian language: Vietnamese 262
East Asian language: Thai 96
East Asian language: Malay 22
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 150
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 45
Oceanic or Australian language 1
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 11
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 11
African language 1,234
African language: Amharic 30
African language: Tigrinya 38
African language: Somali 32
African language: Krio 15
African language: Akan 141
African language: Yoruba 360
African language: Igbo 315
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 28
African language: Luganda 12
African language: Lingala 13
African language: Shona 55
African language: Afrikaans 36
African language: Any other Nigerian language 48
African language: Any other West African language 67
African language: Any other African language 44
Sign language 120
Sign language: British Sign Language 114
Sign language: Any other sign language 1
Sign language: Any sign communication system 5
Other language 23

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