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Sutton: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: London Boroughs, ONS Geographic Code: E09000029

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Key Facts

All Residents 209,639
Male 101,483
Female 108,156
Households 82,348
Population Density (people/km2) 4,781.0
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 202,247
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 173,379
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 11
Other UK language 18
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 9
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 1
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 1
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 3
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 4
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 396
Portuguese 1,485
Spanish 986
Other European language (EU) 8,197
Other European language (EU): Italian 733
Other European language (EU): German 141
Other European language (EU): Polish 2,640
Other European language (EU): Slovak 80
Other European language (EU): Czech 90
Other European language (EU): Romanian 1,504
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 386
Other European language (EU): Latvian 40
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 367
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 1,718
Other European language (EU): Greek 303
Other European language (EU): Dutch 53
Other European language (EU): Swedish 35
Other European language (EU): Danish 21
Other European language (EU): Finnish 24
Other European language (EU): Estonian 16
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 9
Other European language (EU): Maltese 17
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 20
Other European language (non EU) 642
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 466
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 158
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 2
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 16
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 121
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 121
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 550
Turkish 783
Arabic 603
West or Central Asian language 813
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 4
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 176
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 432
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 130
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 71
South Asian language 10,497
South Asian language: Urdu 1,872
South Asian language: Hindi 615
South Asian language: Panjabi 214
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 544
South Asian language: Gujarati 852
South Asian language: Marathi 215
South Asian language: Telugu 496
South Asian language: Tamil 4,383
South Asian language: Malayalam 511
South Asian language: Sinhala 171
South Asian language: Nepalese 385
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 239
East Asian language 2,958
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 264
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 560
East Asian language: All other Chinese 717
East Asian language: Japanese 167
East Asian language: Korean 443
East Asian language: Vietnamese 99
East Asian language: Thai 128
East Asian language: Malay 27
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 500
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 53
Oceanic or Australian language 1
North or South American language 1
Caribbean Creole 36
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 1
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 35
African language 621
African language: Amharic 16
African language: Tigrinya 25
African language: Somali 57
African language: Krio 10
African language: Akan 130
African language: Yoruba 41
African language: Igbo 34
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 15
African language: Luganda 33
African language: Lingala 27
African language: Shona 55
African language: Afrikaans 82
African language: Any other Nigerian language 10
African language: Any other West African language 25
African language: Any other African language 61
Sign language 107
Sign language: British Sign Language 84
Sign language: Any other sign language 12
Sign language: Any sign communication system 11
Other language 42

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