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New Forest: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000091

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Key Facts

All Residents 175,785
Male 84,542
Female 91,243
Households 77,566
Population Density (people/km2) 233.7
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 171,628
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 168,250
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 18
Other UK language 4
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 1
Other UK language: Romany English 3
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 118
Portuguese 171
Spanish 234
Other European language (EU) 1,653
Other European language (EU): Italian 122
Other European language (EU): German 75
Other European language (EU): Polish 630
Other European language (EU): Slovak 53
Other European language (EU): Czech 36
Other European language (EU): Romanian 314
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 58
Other European language (EU): Latvian 18
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 133
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 88
Other European language (EU): Greek 36
Other European language (EU): Dutch 31
Other European language (EU): Swedish 20
Other European language (EU): Danish 18
Other European language (EU): Finnish 8
Other European language (EU): Estonian 4
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 4
Other European language (EU): Maltese 0
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 5
Other European language (non EU) 30
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 5
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 7
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 1
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 17
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 8
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 8
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 76
Turkish 94
Arabic 44
West or Central Asian language 49
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 3
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 20
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 17
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 3
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 6
South Asian language 279
South Asian language: Urdu 12
South Asian language: Hindi 14
South Asian language: Panjabi 14
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 38
South Asian language: Gujarati 24
South Asian language: Marathi 2
South Asian language: Telugu 1
South Asian language: Tamil 14
South Asian language: Malayalam 94
South Asian language: Sinhala 6
South Asian language: Nepalese 57
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 3
East Asian language 445
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 26
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 52
East Asian language: All other Chinese 105
East Asian language: Japanese 13
East Asian language: Korean 8
East Asian language: Vietnamese 19
East Asian language: Thai 88
East Asian language: Malay 6
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 116
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 12
Oceanic or Australian language 24
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 2
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 2
African language 77
African language: Amharic 1
African language: Tigrinya 0
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 6
African language: Yoruba 0
African language: Igbo 1
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 3
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 11
African language: Afrikaans 28
African language: Any other Nigerian language 6
African language: Any other West African language 12
African language: Any other African language 9
Sign language 45
Sign language: British Sign Language 32
Sign language: Any other sign language 3
Sign language: Any sign communication system 10
Other language 7

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