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Chelmsford: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000070

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Key Facts

All Residents 181,523
Male 89,034
Female 92,489
Households 75,403
Population Density (people/km2) 535.9
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 175,883
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 166,881
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 4
Other UK language 4
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 1
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 2
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 1
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 197
Portuguese 393
Spanish 389
Other European language (EU) 3,507
Other European language (EU): Italian 352
Other European language (EU): German 78
Other European language (EU): Polish 778
Other European language (EU): Slovak 67
Other European language (EU): Czech 75
Other European language (EU): Romanian 1,368
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 116
Other European language (EU): Latvian 34
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 240
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 190
Other European language (EU): Greek 105
Other European language (EU): Dutch 27
Other European language (EU): Swedish 16
Other European language (EU): Danish 15
Other European language (EU): Finnish 11
Other European language (EU): Estonian 13
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 5
Other European language (EU): Maltese 2
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 15
Other European language (non EU) 97
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 68
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 19
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 10
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 26
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 26
Other European language (non-national) 2
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 2
Russian 257
Turkish 231
Arabic 209
West or Central Asian language 183
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 1
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 15
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 105
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 40
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 22
South Asian language 2,374
South Asian language: Urdu 212
South Asian language: Hindi 214
South Asian language: Panjabi 42
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 237
South Asian language: Gujarati 144
South Asian language: Marathi 44
South Asian language: Telugu 236
South Asian language: Tamil 431
South Asian language: Malayalam 671
South Asian language: Sinhala 67
South Asian language: Nepalese 19
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 57
East Asian language 777
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 49
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 124
East Asian language: All other Chinese 245
East Asian language: Japanese 54
East Asian language: Korean 20
East Asian language: Vietnamese 32
East Asian language: Thai 89
East Asian language: Malay 4
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 118
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 42
Oceanic or Australian language 0
North or South American language 1
Caribbean Creole 2
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 2
African language 266
African language: Amharic 0
African language: Tigrinya 3
African language: Somali 6
African language: Krio 3
African language: Akan 55
African language: Yoruba 39
African language: Igbo 39
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 14
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 4
African language: Shona 32
African language: Afrikaans 30
African language: Any other Nigerian language 9
African language: Any other West African language 12
African language: Any other African language 20
Sign language 78
Sign language: British Sign Language 60
Sign language: Any other sign language 4
Sign language: Any sign communication system 14
Other language 5

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