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Thurrock: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E06000034

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Key Facts

All Residents 176,001
Male 86,213
Female 89,787
Households 66,377
Population Density (people/km2) 1,074.2
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 168,819
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 149,725
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 4
Other UK language 17
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 5
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 0
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 12
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 173
Portuguese 494
Spanish 207
Other European language (EU) 11,737
Other European language (EU): Italian 207
Other European language (EU): German 50
Other European language (EU): Polish 2,552
Other European language (EU): Slovak 289
Other European language (EU): Czech 79
Other European language (EU): Romanian 4,893
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 2,426
Other European language (EU): Latvian 73
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 302
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 663
Other European language (EU): Greek 140
Other European language (EU): Dutch 24
Other European language (EU): Swedish 12
Other European language (EU): Danish 2
Other European language (EU): Finnish 2
Other European language (EU): Estonian 4
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 6
Other European language (EU): Maltese 6
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 7
Other European language (non EU) 480
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 404
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 76
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 97
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 97
Other European language (non-national) 1
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 1
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 476
Turkish 249
Arabic 198
West or Central Asian language 361
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 0
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 38
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 185
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 116
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 22
South Asian language 3,192
South Asian language: Urdu 479
South Asian language: Hindi 66
South Asian language: Panjabi 682
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 571
South Asian language: Gujarati 183
South Asian language: Marathi 19
South Asian language: Telugu 114
South Asian language: Tamil 420
South Asian language: Malayalam 63
South Asian language: Sinhala 48
South Asian language: Nepalese 527
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 20
East Asian language 508
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 36
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 130
East Asian language: All other Chinese 143
East Asian language: Japanese 10
East Asian language: Korean 3
East Asian language: Vietnamese 37
East Asian language: Thai 53
East Asian language: Malay 4
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 85
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 7
Oceanic or Australian language 0
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 9
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 9
African language 768
African language: Amharic 20
African language: Tigrinya 25
African language: Somali 19
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 155
African language: Yoruba 192
African language: Igbo 141
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 21
African language: Luganda 9
African language: Lingala 10
African language: Shona 63
African language: Afrikaans 33
African language: Any other Nigerian language 23
African language: Any other West African language 26
African language: Any other African language 31
Sign language 87
Sign language: British Sign Language 73
Sign language: Any other sign language 8
Sign language: Any sign communication system 6
Other language 36

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