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Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000008

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Key Facts

All Residents 145,674
Male 72,981
Female 72,693
Households 52,472
Population Density (people/km2) 3,579.2
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 141,883
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 113,476
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 62
Other UK language 12
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 6
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
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 3
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 1,166
Portuguese 1,806
Spanish 2,517
Other European language (EU) 11,265
Other European language (EU): Italian 2,264
Other European language (EU): German 1,185
Other European language (EU): Polish 2,379
Other European language (EU): Slovak 202
Other European language (EU): Czech 174
Other European language (EU): Romanian 1,192
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 564
Other European language (EU): Latvian 133
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 795
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 390
Other European language (EU): Greek 1,009
Other European language (EU): Dutch 377
Other European language (EU): Swedish 148
Other European language (EU): Danish 124
Other European language (EU): Finnish 77
Other European language (EU): Estonian 39
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 44
Other European language (EU): Maltese 12
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 157
Other European language (non EU) 330
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 147
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 72
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 111
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 215
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 215
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 695
Turkish 638
Arabic 647
West or Central Asian language 635
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 175
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 97
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 208
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 66
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 89
South Asian language 3,088
South Asian language: Urdu 325
South Asian language: Hindi 248
South Asian language: Panjabi 86
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 2
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 917
South Asian language: Gujarati 137
South Asian language: Marathi 50
South Asian language: Telugu 147
South Asian language: Tamil 357
South Asian language: Malayalam 481
South Asian language: Sinhala 83
South Asian language: Nepalese 123
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 132
East Asian language 5,050
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 479
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 459
East Asian language: All other Chinese 2,212
East Asian language: Japanese 276
East Asian language: Korean 298
East Asian language: Vietnamese 125
East Asian language: Thai 104
East Asian language: Malay 82
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 663
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 352
Oceanic or Australian language 0
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 7
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 7
African language 218
African language: Amharic 1
African language: Tigrinya 6
African language: Somali 7
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 50
African language: Yoruba 9
African language: Igbo 11
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 17
African language: Luganda 2
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 21
African language: Afrikaans 35
African language: Any other Nigerian language 8
African language: Any other West African language 25
African language: Any other African language 26
Sign language 21
Sign language: British Sign Language 14
Sign language: Any other sign language 3
Sign language: Any sign communication system 4
Other language 35

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