Census Data

North Somerset: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E06000024

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Key Facts

All Residents 216,726
Male 105,306
Female 111,422
Households 94,647
Population Density (people/km2) 579.9
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 210,523
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 202,255
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 36
Other UK language 9
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 1
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 4
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 1
Other UK language: Scots 1
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 1
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 1
French 154
Portuguese 309
Spanish 319
Other European language (EU) 5,441
Other European language (EU): Italian 182
Other European language (EU): German 71
Other European language (EU): Polish 2,314
Other European language (EU): Slovak 99
Other European language (EU): Czech 57
Other European language (EU): Romanian 976
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 292
Other European language (EU): Latvian 66
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 375
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 753
Other European language (EU): Greek 131
Other European language (EU): Dutch 68
Other European language (EU): Swedish 17
Other European language (EU): Danish 17
Other European language (EU): Finnish 12
Other European language (EU): Estonian 2
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 2
Other European language (EU): Maltese 1
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 6
Other European language (non EU) 101
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 38
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 42
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 3
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 18
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 22
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 22
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 186
Turkish 94
Arabic 136
West or Central Asian language 107
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 2
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 64
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 28
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 9
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 4
South Asian language 570
South Asian language: Urdu 27
South Asian language: Hindi 11
South Asian language: Panjabi 25
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 160
South Asian language: Gujarati 25
South Asian language: Marathi 7
South Asian language: Telugu 11
South Asian language: Tamil 49
South Asian language: Malayalam 224
South Asian language: Sinhala 15
South Asian language: Nepalese 2
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 14
East Asian language 601
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 64
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 104
East Asian language: All other Chinese 142
East Asian language: Japanese 32
East Asian language: Korean 11
East Asian language: Vietnamese 36
East Asian language: Thai 74
East Asian language: Malay 8
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 122
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 8
Oceanic or Australian language 0
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 111
African language: Amharic 3
African language: Tigrinya 6
African language: Somali 1
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 3
African language: Yoruba 2
African language: Igbo 1
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 1
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 22
African language: Afrikaans 28
African language: Any other Nigerian language 1
African language: Any other West African language 15
African language: Any other African language 28
Sign language 63
Sign language: British Sign Language 39
Sign language: Any other sign language 4
Sign language: Any sign communication system 20
Other language 9

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