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Cheltenham: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000078

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Key Facts

All Residents 118,836
Male 58,085
Female 60,751
Households 52,899
Population Density (people/km2) 2,549.3
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 115,438
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 107,474
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 32
Other UK language 13
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 11
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 1
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 198
Portuguese 519
Spanish 383
Other European language (EU) 4,220
Other European language (EU): Italian 233
Other European language (EU): German 76
Other European language (EU): Polish 2,052
Other European language (EU): Slovak 97
Other European language (EU): Czech 39
Other European language (EU): Romanian 821
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 35
Other European language (EU): Latvian 29
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 271
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 383
Other European language (EU): Greek 79
Other European language (EU): Dutch 20
Other European language (EU): Swedish 21
Other European language (EU): Danish 30
Other European language (EU): Finnish 10
Other European language (EU): Estonian 8
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 1
Other European language (EU): Maltese 1
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 14
Other European language (non EU) 127
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 53
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 54
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 20
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 19
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 19
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 129
Turkish 139
Arabic 233
West or Central Asian language 138
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 11
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 22
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 85
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 11
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 9
South Asian language 933
South Asian language: Urdu 88
South Asian language: Hindi 54
South Asian language: Panjabi 48
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 162
South Asian language: Gujarati 220
South Asian language: Marathi 9
South Asian language: Telugu 36
South Asian language: Tamil 89
South Asian language: Malayalam 156
South Asian language: Sinhala 22
South Asian language: Nepalese 14
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 35
East Asian language 769
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 48
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 111
East Asian language: All other Chinese 209
East Asian language: Japanese 86
East Asian language: Korean 26
East Asian language: Vietnamese 19
East Asian language: Thai 91
East Asian language: Malay 10
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 157
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 12
Oceanic or Australian language 0
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 1
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 1
African language 90
African language: Amharic 2
African language: Tigrinya 0
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 6
African language: Yoruba 0
African language: Igbo 6
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 2
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 2
African language: Shona 18
African language: Afrikaans 15
African language: Any other Nigerian language 1
African language: Any other West African language 3
African language: Any other African language 35
Sign language 19
Sign language: British Sign Language 14
Sign language: Any other sign language 2
Sign language: Any sign communication system 3
Other language 2

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