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Watford: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000103

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Key Facts

All Residents 102,246
Male 50,345
Female 51,901
Households 39,628
Population Density (people/km2) 4,772.2
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 98,357
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 79,640
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 7
Other UK language 19
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 2
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 17
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 244
Portuguese 1,140
Spanish 432
Other European language (EU) 7,232
Other European language (EU): Italian 551
Other European language (EU): German 54
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,659
Other European language (EU): Slovak 77
Other European language (EU): Czech 89
Other European language (EU): Romanian 3,361
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 156
Other European language (EU): Latvian 34
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 489
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 435
Other European language (EU): Greek 223
Other European language (EU): Dutch 34
Other European language (EU): Swedish 21
Other European language (EU): Danish 9
Other European language (EU): Finnish 4
Other European language (EU): Estonian 8
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 5
Other European language (EU): Maltese 2
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 21
Other European language (non EU) 308
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 260
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 44
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 1
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 3
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 116
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 116
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 199
Turkish 195
Arabic 390
West or Central Asian language 414
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 9
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 24
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 270
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 96
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 15
South Asian language 6,437
South Asian language: Urdu 1,486
South Asian language: Hindi 343
South Asian language: Panjabi 380
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 46
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 158
South Asian language: Gujarati 954
South Asian language: Marathi 78
South Asian language: Telugu 350
South Asian language: Tamil 1,193
South Asian language: Malayalam 643
South Asian language: Sinhala 268
South Asian language: Nepalese 310
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 228
East Asian language 962
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 49
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 136
East Asian language: All other Chinese 170
East Asian language: Japanese 53
East Asian language: Korean 31
East Asian language: Vietnamese 28
East Asian language: Thai 33
East Asian language: Malay 13
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 411
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 38
Oceanic or Australian language 1
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 8
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 1
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 7
African language 541
African language: Amharic 7
African language: Tigrinya 10
African language: Somali 46
African language: Krio 3
African language: Akan 224
African language: Yoruba 12
African language: Igbo 26
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 19
African language: Luganda 2
African language: Lingala 3
African language: Shona 48
African language: Afrikaans 25
African language: Any other Nigerian language 4
African language: Any other West African language 54
African language: Any other African language 58
Sign language 55
Sign language: British Sign Language 45
Sign language: Any other sign language 3
Sign language: Any sign communication system 7
Other language 17

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