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Derby: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E06000015

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Key Facts

All Residents 261,364
Male 129,510
Female 131,854
Households 105,652
Population Density (people/km2) 3,349.5
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 252,286
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 219,616
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 22
Other UK language 16
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 3
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 1
Other UK language: Cornish 1
Other UK language: Scots 5
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 6
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 268
Portuguese 699
Spanish 498
Other European language (EU) 11,949
Other European language (EU): Italian 577
Other European language (EU): German 128
Other European language (EU): Polish 4,071
Other European language (EU): Slovak 2,285
Other European language (EU): Czech 639
Other European language (EU): Romanian 1,784
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 521
Other European language (EU): Latvian 1,024
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 246
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 132
Other European language (EU): Greek 356
Other European language (EU): Dutch 67
Other European language (EU): Swedish 27
Other European language (EU): Danish 4
Other European language (EU): Finnish 8
Other European language (EU): Estonian 10
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 31
Other European language (EU): Maltese 19
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 20
Other European language (non EU) 233
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 191
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 25
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 2
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 15
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 229
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 229
Other European language (non-national) 2
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 2
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 701
Turkish 181
Arabic 815
West or Central Asian language 2,145
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 1
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 1,275
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 358
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 486
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 25
South Asian language 12,286
South Asian language: Urdu 4,050
South Asian language: Hindi 315
South Asian language: Panjabi 5,528
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 661
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 295
South Asian language: Gujarati 172
South Asian language: Marathi 28
South Asian language: Telugu 134
South Asian language: Tamil 279
South Asian language: Malayalam 426
South Asian language: Sinhala 60
South Asian language: Nepalese 158
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 180
East Asian language 1,316
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 106
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 196
East Asian language: All other Chinese 303
East Asian language: Japanese 75
East Asian language: Korean 16
East Asian language: Vietnamese 71
East Asian language: Thai 80
East Asian language: Malay 12
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 398
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 59
Oceanic or Australian language 0
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 5
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 4
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 1
African language 760
African language: Amharic 42
African language: Tigrinya 66
African language: Somali 99
African language: Krio 3
African language: Akan 71
African language: Yoruba 22
African language: Igbo 37
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 44
African language: Luganda 12
African language: Lingala 16
African language: Shona 151
African language: Afrikaans 20
African language: Any other Nigerian language 20
African language: Any other West African language 42
African language: Any other African language 115
Sign language 488
Sign language: British Sign Language 447
Sign language: Any other sign language 19
Sign language: Any sign communication system 22
Other language 57

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