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Dorset: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E06000059

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Key Facts

All Residents 379,579
Male 184,413
Female 195,166
Households 169,258
Population Density (people/km2) 152.4
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 371,005
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 364,215
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 30
Other UK language 11
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 1
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 2
Other UK language: Cornish 2
Other UK language: Scots 4
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 2
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 204
Portuguese 292
Spanish 321
Other European language (EU) 3,412
Other European language (EU): Italian 144
Other European language (EU): German 240
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,497
Other European language (EU): Slovak 114
Other European language (EU): Czech 48
Other European language (EU): Romanian 480
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 104
Other European language (EU): Latvian 45
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 161
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 354
Other European language (EU): Greek 65
Other European language (EU): Dutch 56
Other European language (EU): Swedish 45
Other European language (EU): Danish 22
Other European language (EU): Finnish 17
Other European language (EU): Estonian 5
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 4
Other European language (EU): Maltese 4
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 7
Other European language (non EU) 61
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 18
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 13
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 30
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 24
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 24
Other European language (non-national) 3
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 3
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 99
Turkish 144
Arabic 179
West or Central Asian language 79
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 2
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 35
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 25
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 12
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 5
South Asian language 912
South Asian language: Urdu 45
South Asian language: Hindi 17
South Asian language: Panjabi 19
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 153
South Asian language: Gujarati 26
South Asian language: Marathi 5
South Asian language: Telugu 4
South Asian language: Tamil 64
South Asian language: Malayalam 178
South Asian language: Sinhala 8
South Asian language: Nepalese 384
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 9
East Asian language 788
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 57
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 89
East Asian language: All other Chinese 185
East Asian language: Japanese 49
East Asian language: Korean 12
East Asian language: Vietnamese 24
East Asian language: Thai 139
East Asian language: Malay 25
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 171
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 37
Oceanic or Australian language 30
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 101
African language: Amharic 1
African language: Tigrinya 2
African language: Somali 5
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 1
African language: Yoruba 0
African language: Igbo 3
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 9
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 1
African language: Shona 13
African language: Afrikaans 48
African language: Any other Nigerian language 1
African language: Any other West African language 3
African language: Any other African language 14
Sign language 83
Sign language: British Sign Language 60
Sign language: Any other sign language 13
Sign language: Any sign communication system 10
Other language 16

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