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Central Bedfordshire: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E06000056

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Key Facts

All Residents 294,252
Male 145,129
Female 149,123
Households 120,754
Population Density (people/km2) 411.2
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 283,714
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 269,941
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 17
Other UK language 19
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 1
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 1
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 0
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 17
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 271
Portuguese 482
Spanish 464
Other European language (EU) 7,941
Other European language (EU): Italian 432
Other European language (EU): German 108
Other European language (EU): Polish 2,896
Other European language (EU): Slovak 121
Other European language (EU): Czech 79
Other European language (EU): Romanian 2,876
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 350
Other European language (EU): Latvian 47
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 468
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 209
Other European language (EU): Greek 181
Other European language (EU): Dutch 48
Other European language (EU): Swedish 32
Other European language (EU): Danish 27
Other European language (EU): Finnish 12
Other European language (EU): Estonian 7
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 4
Other European language (EU): Maltese 9
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 35
Other European language (non EU) 170
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 136
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) 48
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 48
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 184
Turkish 156
Arabic 287
West or Central Asian language 221
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 1
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 92
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 94
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 18
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 16
South Asian language 2,003
South Asian language: Urdu 229
South Asian language: Hindi 124
South Asian language: Panjabi 390
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 2
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 123
South Asian language: Gujarati 335
South Asian language: Marathi 52
South Asian language: Telugu 67
South Asian language: Tamil 417
South Asian language: Malayalam 89
South Asian language: Sinhala 72
South Asian language: Nepalese 46
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 57
East Asian language 1,082
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 103
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 145
East Asian language: All other Chinese 412
East Asian language: Japanese 40
East Asian language: Korean 18
East Asian language: Vietnamese 29
East Asian language: Thai 129
East Asian language: Malay 23
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 169
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 14
Oceanic or Australian language 2
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 2
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 2
African language 321
African language: Amharic 6
African language: Tigrinya 20
African language: Somali 2
African language: Krio 1
African language: Akan 35
African language: Yoruba 15
African language: Igbo 9
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 15
African language: Luganda 3
African language: Lingala 12
African language: Shona 79
African language: Afrikaans 70
African language: Any other Nigerian language 14
African language: Any other West African language 14
African language: Any other African language 26
Sign language 94
Sign language: British Sign Language 79
Sign language: Any other sign language 4
Sign language: Any sign communication system 11
Other language 9

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