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North Devon: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000043

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Key Facts

All Residents 98,611
Male 48,018
Female 50,593
Households 43,197
Population Density (people/km2) 90.8
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 96,061
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 94,235
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 5
Other UK language 6
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 1
Other UK language: Cornish 4
Other UK language: Scots 0
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 1
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 38
Portuguese 93
Spanish 104
Other European language (EU) 862
Other European language (EU): Italian 58
Other European language (EU): German 55
Other European language (EU): Polish 257
Other European language (EU): Slovak 19
Other European language (EU): Czech 18
Other European language (EU): Romanian 127
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 75
Other European language (EU): Latvian 4
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 44
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 151
Other European language (EU): Greek 13
Other European language (EU): Dutch 11
Other European language (EU): Swedish 11
Other European language (EU): Danish 3
Other European language (EU): Finnish 4
Other European language (EU): Estonian 5
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 1
Other European language (EU): Maltese 0
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 6
Other European language (non EU) 3
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 1
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) 2
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 3
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 3
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 32
Turkish 30
Arabic 46
West or Central Asian language 21
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 1
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 12
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 3
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 2
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 3
South Asian language 269
South Asian language: Urdu 26
South Asian language: Hindi 8
South Asian language: Panjabi 14
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 28
South Asian language: Gujarati 5
South Asian language: Marathi 0
South Asian language: Telugu 3
South Asian language: Tamil 10
South Asian language: Malayalam 76
South Asian language: Sinhala 6
South Asian language: Nepalese 87
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 6
East Asian language 224
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 18
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 27
East Asian language: All other Chinese 48
East Asian language: Japanese 7
East Asian language: Korean 1
East Asian language: Vietnamese 7
East Asian language: Thai 30
East Asian language: Malay 6
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 70
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 10
Oceanic or Australian language 19
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 35
African language: Amharic 0
African language: Tigrinya 0
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 0
African language: Yoruba 0
African language: Igbo 4
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 3
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 7
African language: Afrikaans 15
African language: Any other Nigerian language 0
African language: Any other West African language 4
African language: Any other African language 2
Sign language 35
Sign language: British Sign Language 26
Sign language: Any other sign language 2
Sign language: Any sign communication system 7
Other language 1

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