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Darlington: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E06000005

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Key Facts

All Residents 107,799
Male 52,670
Female 55,129
Households 48,917
Population Density (people/km2) 545.9
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 104,603
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 100,200
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 0
Other UK language 2
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 1
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 1
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 0
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 27
Portuguese 85
Spanish 80
Other European language (EU) 2,467
Other European language (EU): Italian 90
Other European language (EU): German 21
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,341
Other European language (EU): Slovak 16
Other European language (EU): Czech 21
Other European language (EU): Romanian 624
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 133
Other European language (EU): Latvian 41
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 78
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 41
Other European language (EU): Greek 28
Other European language (EU): Dutch 15
Other European language (EU): Swedish 3
Other European language (EU): Danish 3
Other European language (EU): Finnish 3
Other European language (EU): Estonian 1
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 4
Other European language (EU): Maltese 3
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 1
Other European language (non EU) 16
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 12
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 4
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 5
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 5
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 77
Turkish 46
Arabic 188
West or Central Asian language 222
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 1
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 161
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 49
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 3
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 8
South Asian language 865
South Asian language: Urdu 52
South Asian language: Hindi 28
South Asian language: Panjabi 174
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 1
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 250
South Asian language: Gujarati 17
South Asian language: Marathi 22
South Asian language: Telugu 16
South Asian language: Tamil 89
South Asian language: Malayalam 126
South Asian language: Sinhala 7
South Asian language: Nepalese 72
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 11
East Asian language 228
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 12
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 30
East Asian language: All other Chinese 79
East Asian language: Japanese 12
East Asian language: Korean 3
East Asian language: Vietnamese 11
East Asian language: Thai 34
East Asian language: Malay 1
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 44
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 2
Oceanic or Australian language 7
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 49
African language: Amharic 0
African language: Tigrinya 4
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 0
African language: Yoruba 6
African language: Igbo 17
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 3
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 3
African language: Afrikaans 7
African language: Any other Nigerian language 1
African language: Any other West African language 1
African language: Any other African language 7
Sign language 36
Sign language: British Sign Language 30
Sign language: Any other sign language 1
Sign language: Any sign communication system 5
Other language 3

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