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Bedford: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E06000055

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Key Facts

All Residents 185,225
Male 91,124
Female 94,101
Households 74,950
Population Density (people/km2) 388.8
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 178,687
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 156,968
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 11
Other UK language 36
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 2
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 3
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 29
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 246
Portuguese 552
Spanish 499
Other European language (EU) 11,264
Other European language (EU): Italian 1,249
Other European language (EU): German 110
Other European language (EU): Polish 4,877
Other European language (EU): Slovak 77
Other European language (EU): Czech 68
Other European language (EU): Romanian 2,804
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 919
Other European language (EU): Latvian 236
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 271
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 326
Other European language (EU): Greek 234
Other European language (EU): Dutch 26
Other European language (EU): Swedish 10
Other European language (EU): Danish 11
Other European language (EU): Finnish 11
Other European language (EU): Estonian 7
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 13
Other European language (EU): Maltese 2
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 13
Other European language (non EU) 294
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 238
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 45
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 3
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 8
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 311
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 311
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 359
Turkish 149
Arabic 351
West or Central Asian language 503
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 0
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 51
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 322
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 106
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 24
South Asian language 5,868
South Asian language: Urdu 922
South Asian language: Hindi 116
South Asian language: Panjabi 2,300
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 54
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 1,319
South Asian language: Gujarati 120
South Asian language: Marathi 47
South Asian language: Telugu 109
South Asian language: Tamil 245
South Asian language: Malayalam 517
South Asian language: Sinhala 17
South Asian language: Nepalese 21
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 81
East Asian language 566
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 44
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 85
East Asian language: All other Chinese 144
East Asian language: Japanese 16
East Asian language: Korean 11
East Asian language: Vietnamese 35
East Asian language: Thai 72
East Asian language: Malay 12
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 116
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 31
Oceanic or Australian language 0
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 593
African language: Amharic 12
African language: Tigrinya 21
African language: Somali 4
African language: Krio 6
African language: Akan 111
African language: Yoruba 23
African language: Igbo 55
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 81
African language: Luganda 5
African language: Lingala 22
African language: Shona 93
African language: Afrikaans 41
African language: Any other Nigerian language 17
African language: Any other West African language 41
African language: Any other African language 61
Sign language 92
Sign language: British Sign Language 75
Sign language: Any other sign language 6
Sign language: Any sign communication system 11
Other language 25

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