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West Berkshire: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E06000037

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Key Facts

All Residents 161,448
Male 79,701
Female 81,746
Households 66,658
Population Density (people/km2) 229.3
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 156,687
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 149,182
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 28
Other UK language 16
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 9
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 2
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 4
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 1
French 174
Portuguese 655
Spanish 333
Other European language (EU) 3,340
Other European language (EU): Italian 183
Other European language (EU): German 104
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,253
Other European language (EU): Slovak 142
Other European language (EU): Czech 97
Other European language (EU): Romanian 806
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 106
Other European language (EU): Latvian 24
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 328
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 112
Other European language (EU): Greek 73
Other European language (EU): Dutch 36
Other European language (EU): Swedish 20
Other European language (EU): Danish 21
Other European language (EU): Finnish 11
Other European language (EU): Estonian 4
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 5
Other European language (EU): Maltese 5
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 10
Other European language (non EU) 90
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 56
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 18
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 16
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 29
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 29
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 137
Turkish 137
Arabic 137
West or Central Asian language 75
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 10
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 18
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 28
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 10
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 9
South Asian language 1,467
South Asian language: Urdu 112
South Asian language: Hindi 278
South Asian language: Panjabi 109
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 1
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 150
South Asian language: Gujarati 110
South Asian language: Marathi 58
South Asian language: Telugu 133
South Asian language: Tamil 213
South Asian language: Malayalam 115
South Asian language: Sinhala 6
South Asian language: Nepalese 127
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 55
East Asian language 563
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 71
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 96
East Asian language: All other Chinese 143
East Asian language: Japanese 29
East Asian language: Korean 5
East Asian language: Vietnamese 33
East Asian language: Thai 95
East Asian language: Malay 14
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 71
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 6
Oceanic or Australian language 4
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 171
African language: Amharic 2
African language: Tigrinya 2
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 7
African language: Yoruba 3
African language: Igbo 2
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 26
African language: Luganda 1
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 19
African language: Afrikaans 58
African language: Any other Nigerian language 5
African language: Any other West African language 25
African language: Any other African language 21
Sign language 139
Sign language: British Sign Language 129
Sign language: Any other sign language 1
Sign language: Any sign communication system 9
Other language 10

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