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Swindon: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E06000030

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Key Facts

All Residents 233,407
Male 116,063
Female 117,347
Households 95,862
Population Density (people/km2) 1,014.4
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 225,528
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 202,988
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 20
Other UK language 14
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 2
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 1
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 9
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 166
Portuguese 3,134
Spanish 364
Other European language (EU) 7,361
Other European language (EU): Italian 410
Other European language (EU): German 94
Other European language (EU): Polish 3,427
Other European language (EU): Slovak 209
Other European language (EU): Czech 95
Other European language (EU): Romanian 1,885
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 220
Other European language (EU): Latvian 79
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 346
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 382
Other European language (EU): Greek 109
Other European language (EU): Dutch 48
Other European language (EU): Swedish 21
Other European language (EU): Danish 8
Other European language (EU): Finnish 5
Other European language (EU): Estonian 2
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 9
Other European language (EU): Maltese 10
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 2
Other European language (non EU) 163
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 131
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 24
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 8
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 77
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 77
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 226
Turkish 577
Arabic 277
West or Central Asian language 465
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 4
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 136
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 164
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 150
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 11
South Asian language 8,021
South Asian language: Urdu 379
South Asian language: Hindi 645
South Asian language: Panjabi 576
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 476
South Asian language: Gujarati 236
South Asian language: Marathi 124
South Asian language: Telugu 382
South Asian language: Tamil 584
South Asian language: Malayalam 368
South Asian language: Sinhala 53
South Asian language: Nepalese 2,277
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 1,921
East Asian language 1,014
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 58
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 181
East Asian language: All other Chinese 219
East Asian language: Japanese 80
East Asian language: Korean 3
East Asian language: Vietnamese 53
East Asian language: Thai 92
East Asian language: Malay 21
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 264
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 43
Oceanic or Australian language 20
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 513
African language: Amharic 15
African language: Tigrinya 42
African language: Somali 52
African language: Krio 3
African language: Akan 92
African language: Yoruba 39
African language: Igbo 20
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 51
African language: Luganda 1
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 67
African language: Afrikaans 30
African language: Any other Nigerian language 5
African language: Any other West African language 27
African language: Any other African language 69
Sign language 110
Sign language: British Sign Language 92
Sign language: Any other sign language 11
Sign language: Any sign communication system 7
Other language 15

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