Census Data

Plymouth: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E06000026

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Key Facts

All Residents 264,695
Male 129,911
Female 134,784
Households 114,557
Population Density (people/km2) 3,314.8
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 256,929
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 245,374
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 37
Other UK language 14
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 1
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 2
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 6
Other UK language: Scots 1
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 3
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 1
French 204
Portuguese 575
Spanish 351
Other European language (EU) 5,877
Other European language (EU): Italian 194
Other European language (EU): German 149
Other European language (EU): Polish 2,700
Other European language (EU): Slovak 91
Other European language (EU): Czech 166
Other European language (EU): Romanian 1,464
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 220
Other European language (EU): Latvian 90
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 257
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 198
Other European language (EU): Greek 210
Other European language (EU): Dutch 52
Other European language (EU): Swedish 32
Other European language (EU): Danish 7
Other European language (EU): Finnish 12
Other European language (EU): Estonian 5
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 1
Other European language (EU): Maltese 17
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 12
Other European language (non EU) 104
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 50
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 23
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 31
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 24
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 24
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 270
Turkish 102
Arabic 557
West or Central Asian language 818
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 7
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 471
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 215
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 95
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 30
South Asian language 1,024
South Asian language: Urdu 67
South Asian language: Hindi 44
South Asian language: Panjabi 16
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 200
South Asian language: Gujarati 19
South Asian language: Marathi 6
South Asian language: Telugu 15
South Asian language: Tamil 149
South Asian language: Malayalam 277
South Asian language: Sinhala 30
South Asian language: Nepalese 176
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 25
East Asian language 1,155
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 107
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 158
East Asian language: All other Chinese 386
East Asian language: Japanese 29
East Asian language: Korean 16
East Asian language: Vietnamese 38
East Asian language: Thai 142
East Asian language: Malay 23
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 222
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 34
Oceanic or Australian language 29
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 3
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 3
African language 265
African language: Amharic 12
African language: Tigrinya 61
African language: Somali 5
African language: Krio 1
African language: Akan 3
African language: Yoruba 8
African language: Igbo 15
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 24
African language: Luganda 2
African language: Lingala 9
African language: Shona 20
African language: Afrikaans 35
African language: Any other Nigerian language 12
African language: Any other West African language 16
African language: Any other African language 42
Sign language 119
Sign language: British Sign Language 92
Sign language: Any other sign language 11
Sign language: Any sign communication system 16
Other language 27

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