Census Data

Portsmouth: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E06000044

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Key Facts

All Residents 208,003
Male 103,163
Female 104,840
Households 86,155
Population Density (people/km2) 5,149.8
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 201,277
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 182,731
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 13
Other UK language 23
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 2
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 1
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 2
Other UK language: Scots 3
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 15
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 375
Portuguese 967
Spanish 683
Other European language (EU) 8,036
Other European language (EU): Italian 400
Other European language (EU): German 117
Other European language (EU): Polish 2,287
Other European language (EU): Slovak 78
Other European language (EU): Czech 157
Other European language (EU): Romanian 2,515
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 477
Other European language (EU): Latvian 126
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 577
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 716
Other European language (EU): Greek 414
Other European language (EU): Dutch 62
Other European language (EU): Swedish 37
Other European language (EU): Danish 14
Other European language (EU): Finnish 15
Other European language (EU): Estonian 11
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 3
Other European language (EU): Maltese 12
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 18
Other European language (non EU) 208
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 149
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 20
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 39
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 63
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 63
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 261
Turkish 266
Arabic 723
West or Central Asian language 1,356
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 2
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 884
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 345
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 101
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 24
South Asian language 3,063
South Asian language: Urdu 130
South Asian language: Hindi 110
South Asian language: Panjabi 97
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 1,636
South Asian language: Gujarati 104
South Asian language: Marathi 12
South Asian language: Telugu 47
South Asian language: Tamil 208
South Asian language: Malayalam 472
South Asian language: Sinhala 46
South Asian language: Nepalese 151
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 50
East Asian language 1,825
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 132
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 326
East Asian language: All other Chinese 588
East Asian language: Japanese 30
East Asian language: Korean 35
East Asian language: Vietnamese 73
East Asian language: Thai 118
East Asian language: Malay 41
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 417
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 65
Oceanic or Australian language 20
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 1
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 1
African language 577
African language: Amharic 24
African language: Tigrinya 114
African language: Somali 11
African language: Krio 4
African language: Akan 28
African language: Yoruba 29
African language: Igbo 40
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 44
African language: Luganda 8
African language: Lingala 15
African language: Shona 61
African language: Afrikaans 28
African language: Any other Nigerian language 23
African language: Any other West African language 84
African language: Any other African language 64
Sign language 71
Sign language: British Sign Language 56
Sign language: Any other sign language 4
Sign language: Any sign communication system 11
Other language 15

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