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Colchester: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000071

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Key Facts

All Residents 192,715
Male 94,267
Female 98,448
Households 79,710
Population Density (people/km2) 587.2
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 186,397
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 174,049
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 17
Other UK language 17
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 2
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 1
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 4
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 10
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 311
Portuguese 313
Spanish 527
Other European language (EU) 5,423
Other European language (EU): Italian 338
Other European language (EU): German 148
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,282
Other European language (EU): Slovak 69
Other European language (EU): Czech 85
Other European language (EU): Romanian 2,033
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 523
Other European language (EU): Latvian 76
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 225
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 216
Other European language (EU): Greek 271
Other European language (EU): Dutch 50
Other European language (EU): Swedish 39
Other European language (EU): Danish 13
Other European language (EU): Finnish 16
Other European language (EU): Estonian 9
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 6
Other European language (EU): Maltese 7
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 17
Other European language (non EU) 179
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 103
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 35
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 1
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 40
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 44
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 44
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 248
Turkish 233
Arabic 422
West or Central Asian language 330
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 3
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 131
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 144
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 36
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 16
South Asian language 2,378
South Asian language: Urdu 181
South Asian language: Hindi 128
South Asian language: Panjabi 48
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 233
South Asian language: Gujarati 81
South Asian language: Marathi 36
South Asian language: Telugu 178
South Asian language: Tamil 316
South Asian language: Malayalam 279
South Asian language: Sinhala 75
South Asian language: Nepalese 766
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 57
East Asian language 1,463
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 119
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 231
East Asian language: All other Chinese 539
East Asian language: Japanese 58
East Asian language: Korean 21
East Asian language: Vietnamese 32
East Asian language: Thai 82
East Asian language: Malay 27
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 324
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 30
Oceanic or Australian language 24
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 6
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 6
African language 308
African language: Amharic 7
African language: Tigrinya 1
African language: Somali 3
African language: Krio 3
African language: Akan 52
African language: Yoruba 29
African language: Igbo 53
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 14
African language: Luganda 5
African language: Lingala 2
African language: Shona 23
African language: Afrikaans 36
African language: Any other Nigerian language 24
African language: Any other West African language 18
African language: Any other African language 38
Sign language 84
Sign language: British Sign Language 68
Sign language: Any other sign language 2
Sign language: Any sign communication system 14
Other language 21

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