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County Durham: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E06000047

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Key Facts

All Residents 522,068
Male 255,304
Female 266,764
Households 234,761
Population Density (people/km2) 234.5
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 507,669
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 498,104
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 37
Other UK language 15
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 5
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 2
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 8
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 0
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 203
Portuguese 170
Spanish 407
Other European language (EU) 3,781
Other European language (EU): Italian 304
Other European language (EU): German 212
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,787
Other European language (EU): Slovak 94
Other European language (EU): Czech 65
Other European language (EU): Romanian 517
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 128
Other European language (EU): Latvian 43
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 164
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 84
Other European language (EU): Greek 179
Other European language (EU): Dutch 80
Other European language (EU): Swedish 42
Other European language (EU): Danish 15
Other European language (EU): Finnish 25
Other European language (EU): Estonian 7
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 12
Other European language (EU): Maltese 12
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 11
Other European language (non EU) 105
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 52
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 13
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 2
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 38
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 27
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 27
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 154
Turkish 177
Arabic 596
West or Central Asian language 252
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 3
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 89
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 141
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 6
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 13
South Asian language 1,004
South Asian language: Urdu 115
South Asian language: Hindi 74
South Asian language: Panjabi 312
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 86
South Asian language: Gujarati 26
South Asian language: Marathi 22
South Asian language: Telugu 49
South Asian language: Tamil 148
South Asian language: Malayalam 105
South Asian language: Sinhala 15
South Asian language: Nepalese 25
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 27
East Asian language 2,304
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 297
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 292
East Asian language: All other Chinese 1,208
East Asian language: Japanese 63
East Asian language: Korean 39
East Asian language: Vietnamese 49
East Asian language: Thai 178
East Asian language: Malay 49
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 90
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 39
Oceanic or Australian language 7
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 4
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 4
African language 144
African language: Amharic 6
African language: Tigrinya 1
African language: Somali 1
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 6
African language: Yoruba 14
African language: Igbo 9
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 12
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 31
African language: Afrikaans 26
African language: Any other Nigerian language 2
African language: Any other West African language 9
African language: Any other African language 27
Sign language 168
Sign language: British Sign Language 139
Sign language: Any other sign language 6
Sign language: Any sign communication system 23
Other language 10

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