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Chesterfield: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000034

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Key Facts

All Residents 103,569
Male 50,888
Female 52,681
Households 48,058
Population Density (people/km2) 1,568.4
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 100,604
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 98,352
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 6
Other UK language 7
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 3
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 3
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 1
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 0
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 33
Portuguese 56
Spanish 49
Other European language (EU) 983
Other European language (EU): Italian 97
Other European language (EU): German 37
Other European language (EU): Polish 407
Other European language (EU): Slovak 23
Other European language (EU): Czech 9
Other European language (EU): Romanian 205
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 64
Other European language (EU): Latvian 14
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 26
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 31
Other European language (EU): Greek 40
Other European language (EU): Dutch 13
Other European language (EU): Swedish 6
Other European language (EU): Danish 6
Other European language (EU): Finnish 2
Other European language (EU): Estonian 3
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 0
Other European language (EU): Maltese 0
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 0
Other European language (non EU) 9
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 9
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 0
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 12
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 12
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 45
Turkish 112
Arabic 51
West or Central Asian language 58
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 0
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 24
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 26
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 5
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 3
South Asian language 457
South Asian language: Urdu 111
South Asian language: Hindi 35
South Asian language: Panjabi 62
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 13
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 25
South Asian language: Gujarati 17
South Asian language: Marathi 6
South Asian language: Telugu 10
South Asian language: Tamil 62
South Asian language: Malayalam 102
South Asian language: Sinhala 8
South Asian language: Nepalese 2
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 4
East Asian language 273
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 33
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 39
East Asian language: All other Chinese 97
East Asian language: Japanese 7
East Asian language: Korean 3
East Asian language: Vietnamese 22
East Asian language: Thai 29
East Asian language: Malay 5
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 32
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 6
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 47
African language: Amharic 1
African language: Tigrinya 9
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 7
African language: Yoruba 2
African language: Igbo 3
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 2
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 1
African language: Shona 1
African language: Afrikaans 3
African language: Any other Nigerian language 1
African language: Any other West African language 3
African language: Any other African language 14
Sign language 48
Sign language: British Sign Language 42
Sign language: Any other sign language 3
Sign language: Any sign communication system 3
Other language 6

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