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Lewes: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000063

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Key Facts

All Residents 99,905
Male 48,111
Female 51,794
Households 43,688
Population Density (people/km2) 342.0
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 97,333
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 94,527
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 3
Other UK language 0
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) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 0
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 0
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 132
Portuguese 160
Spanish 190
Other European language (EU) 1,282
Other European language (EU): Italian 148
Other European language (EU): German 77
Other European language (EU): Polish 355
Other European language (EU): Slovak 50
Other European language (EU): Czech 44
Other European language (EU): Romanian 185
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 59
Other European language (EU): Latvian 14
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 168
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 40
Other European language (EU): Greek 38
Other European language (EU): Dutch 43
Other European language (EU): Swedish 25
Other European language (EU): Danish 11
Other European language (EU): Finnish 12
Other European language (EU): Estonian 1
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 5
Other European language (EU): Maltese 2
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 5
Other European language (non EU) 37
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 13
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 9
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 15
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 14
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 14
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 43
Turkish 41
Arabic 150
West or Central Asian language 80
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 10
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 18
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 38
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 13
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 1
South Asian language 240
South Asian language: Urdu 22
South Asian language: Hindi 12
South Asian language: Panjabi 12
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 68
South Asian language: Gujarati 29
South Asian language: Marathi 2
South Asian language: Telugu 3
South Asian language: Tamil 41
South Asian language: Malayalam 35
South Asian language: Sinhala 9
South Asian language: Nepalese 4
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 3
East Asian language 340
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 39
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 35
East Asian language: All other Chinese 73
East Asian language: Japanese 21
East Asian language: Korean 3
East Asian language: Vietnamese 16
East Asian language: Thai 49
East Asian language: Malay 5
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 94
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 5
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 49
African language: Amharic 2
African language: Tigrinya 7
African language: Somali 2
African language: Krio 1
African language: Akan 2
African language: Yoruba 0
African language: Igbo 1
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 6
African language: Luganda 1
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 5
African language: Afrikaans 9
African language: Any other Nigerian language 3
African language: Any other West African language 2
African language: Any other African language 8
Sign language 42
Sign language: British Sign Language 28
Sign language: Any other sign language 2
Sign language: Any sign communication system 12
Other language 3

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