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Wiltshire: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E06000054

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Key Facts

All Residents 510,333
Male 251,704
Female 258,626
Households 215,081
Population Density (people/km2) 156.8
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 495,554
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 478,350
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 96
Other UK language 21
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 4
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 5
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 9
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 355
Portuguese 728
Spanish 524
Other European language (EU) 8,166
Other European language (EU): Italian 352
Other European language (EU): German 354
Other European language (EU): Polish 4,062
Other European language (EU): Slovak 179
Other European language (EU): Czech 79
Other European language (EU): Romanian 1,787
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 123
Other European language (EU): Latvian 54
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 453
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 298
Other European language (EU): Greek 145
Other European language (EU): Dutch 121
Other European language (EU): Swedish 61
Other European language (EU): Danish 29
Other European language (EU): Finnish 17
Other European language (EU): Estonian 11
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 12
Other European language (EU): Maltese 7
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 22
Other European language (non EU) 130
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 79
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 24
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 3
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 24
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 64
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 64
Other European language (non-national) 1
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 1
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 205
Turkish 311
Arabic 382
West or Central Asian language 180
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 9
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 95
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 45
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 20
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 11
South Asian language 3,717
South Asian language: Urdu 91
South Asian language: Hindi 95
South Asian language: Panjabi 136
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 363
South Asian language: Gujarati 54
South Asian language: Marathi 23
South Asian language: Telugu 45
South Asian language: Tamil 194
South Asian language: Malayalam 449
South Asian language: Sinhala 29
South Asian language: Nepalese 2,172
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 66
East Asian language 1,398
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 105
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 190
East Asian language: All other Chinese 313
East Asian language: Japanese 97
East Asian language: Korean 27
East Asian language: Vietnamese 64
East Asian language: Thai 197
East Asian language: Malay 32
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 341
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 32
Oceanic or Australian language 347
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 8
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 2
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 6
African language 390
African language: Amharic 9
African language: Tigrinya 1
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 1
African language: Akan 63
African language: Yoruba 19
African language: Igbo 20
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 21
African language: Luganda 2
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 33
African language: Afrikaans 89
African language: Any other Nigerian language 5
African language: Any other West African language 46
African language: Any other African language 81
Sign language 148
Sign language: British Sign Language 101
Sign language: Any other sign language 11
Sign language: Any sign communication system 36
Other language 33

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