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Buckinghamshire: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E06000060

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Key Facts

All Residents 553,078
Male 270,395
Female 282,683
Households 220,328
Population Density (people/km2) 353.4
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 535,311
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 496,435
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 70
Other UK language 16
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 3
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 2
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 1
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 1
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 2
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 7
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 693
Portuguese 1,794
Spanish 1,084
Other European language (EU) 14,383
Other European language (EU): Italian 886
Other European language (EU): German 397
Other European language (EU): Polish 5,434
Other European language (EU): Slovak 258
Other European language (EU): Czech 198
Other European language (EU): Romanian 4,378
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 418
Other European language (EU): Latvian 75
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 777
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 714
Other European language (EU): Greek 324
Other European language (EU): Dutch 185
Other European language (EU): Swedish 112
Other European language (EU): Danish 59
Other European language (EU): Finnish 46
Other European language (EU): Estonian 29
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 25
Other European language (EU): Maltese 31
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 37
Other European language (non EU) 283
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 150
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 71
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 3
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 59
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 234
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 234
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 562
Turkish 285
Arabic 604
West or Central Asian language 1,086
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 15
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 106
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 283
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 647
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 35
South Asian language 14,516
South Asian language: Urdu 3,489
South Asian language: Hindi 563
South Asian language: Panjabi 4,181
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 375
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 555
South Asian language: Gujarati 781
South Asian language: Marathi 261
South Asian language: Telugu 808
South Asian language: Tamil 1,726
South Asian language: Malayalam 503
South Asian language: Sinhala 315
South Asian language: Nepalese 391
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 568
East Asian language 2,200
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 150
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 333
East Asian language: All other Chinese 545
East Asian language: Japanese 208
East Asian language: Korean 49
East Asian language: Vietnamese 104
East Asian language: Thai 222
East Asian language: Malay 40
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 447
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 102
Oceanic or Australian language 4
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 5
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 5
African language 795
African language: Amharic 34
African language: Tigrinya 19
African language: Somali 52
African language: Krio 1
African language: Akan 82
African language: Yoruba 27
African language: Igbo 28
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 48
African language: Luganda 40
African language: Lingala 8
African language: Shona 177
African language: Afrikaans 155
African language: Any other Nigerian language 14
African language: Any other West African language 28
African language: Any other African language 82
Sign language 198
Sign language: British Sign Language 151
Sign language: Any other sign language 9
Sign language: Any sign communication system 38
Other language 64

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