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Nottingham: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E06000018

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Key Facts

All Residents 323,632
Male 159,004
Female 164,628
Households 124,745
Population Density (people/km2) 4,337.6
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 313,269
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 268,420
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 33
Other UK language 41
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 6
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 4
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 5
Other UK language: Cornish 1
Other UK language: Scots 5
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 19
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 1
French 656
Portuguese 1,597
Spanish 1,246
Other European language (EU) 15,744
Other European language (EU): Italian 1,277
Other European language (EU): German 277
Other European language (EU): Polish 7,826
Other European language (EU): Slovak 249
Other European language (EU): Czech 262
Other European language (EU): Romanian 2,780
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 653
Other European language (EU): Latvian 203
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 643
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 568
Other European language (EU): Greek 685
Other European language (EU): Dutch 123
Other European language (EU): Swedish 43
Other European language (EU): Danish 44
Other European language (EU): Finnish 20
Other European language (EU): Estonian 16
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 15
Other European language (EU): Maltese 4
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 56
Other European language (non EU) 371
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 274
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 63
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 4
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 30
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 142
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 142
Other European language (non-national) 3
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 3
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 397
Turkish 713
Arabic 3,279
West or Central Asian language 2,624
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 9
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 1,257
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 982
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 323
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 53
South Asian language 11,576
South Asian language: Urdu 4,378
South Asian language: Hindi 436
South Asian language: Panjabi 1,921
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 714
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 884
South Asian language: Gujarati 365
South Asian language: Marathi 57
South Asian language: Telugu 175
South Asian language: Tamil 479
South Asian language: Malayalam 777
South Asian language: Sinhala 119
South Asian language: Nepalese 758
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 513
East Asian language 3,841
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 288
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 608
East Asian language: All other Chinese 1,707
East Asian language: Japanese 44
East Asian language: Korean 69
East Asian language: Vietnamese 285
East Asian language: Thai 185
East Asian language: Malay 211
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 333
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 111
Oceanic or Australian language 1
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 8
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 3
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 5
African language 2,325
African language: Amharic 149
African language: Tigrinya 477
African language: Somali 120
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 311
African language: Yoruba 69
African language: Igbo 182
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 118
African language: Luganda 7
African language: Lingala 50
African language: Shona 181
African language: Afrikaans 15
African language: Any other Nigerian language 87
African language: Any other West African language 236
African language: Any other African language 323
Sign language 195
Sign language: British Sign Language 166
Sign language: Any other sign language 7
Sign language: Any sign communication system 22
Other language 57

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