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Chorley: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000118

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Key Facts

All Residents 117,732
Male 58,687
Female 59,045
Households 50,132
Population Density (people/km2) 580.6
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 114,329
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 111,825
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 19
Other UK language 3
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) 1
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 2
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 0
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 34
Portuguese 70
Spanish 138
Other European language (EU) 1,363
Other European language (EU): Italian 80
Other European language (EU): German 16
Other European language (EU): Polish 804
Other European language (EU): Slovak 28
Other European language (EU): Czech 9
Other European language (EU): Romanian 173
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 30
Other European language (EU): Latvian 42
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 100
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 25
Other European language (EU): Greek 24
Other European language (EU): Dutch 10
Other European language (EU): Swedish 10
Other European language (EU): Danish 5
Other European language (EU): Finnish 5
Other European language (EU): Estonian 1
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 1
Other European language (EU): Maltese 0
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 0
Other European language (non EU) 7
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 3
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 4
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 4
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 4
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 36
Turkish 32
Arabic 144
West or Central Asian language 61
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 0
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 40
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 8
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 13
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 0
South Asian language 328
South Asian language: Urdu 99
South Asian language: Hindi 8
South Asian language: Panjabi 47
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 3
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 40
South Asian language: Gujarati 64
South Asian language: Marathi 2
South Asian language: Telugu 17
South Asian language: Tamil 14
South Asian language: Malayalam 25
South Asian language: Sinhala 1
South Asian language: Nepalese 3
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 5
East Asian language 184
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 11
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 51
East Asian language: All other Chinese 66
East Asian language: Japanese 4
East Asian language: Korean 2
East Asian language: Vietnamese 9
East Asian language: Thai 18
East Asian language: Malay 4
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 19
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 0
Oceanic or Australian language 0
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 0
African language 39
African language: Amharic 1
African language: Tigrinya 1
African language: Somali 4
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 0
African language: Yoruba 1
African language: Igbo 8
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 2
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 4
African language: Afrikaans 2
African language: Any other Nigerian language 1
African language: Any other West African language 0
African language: Any other African language 15
Sign language 42
Sign language: British Sign Language 38
Sign language: Any other sign language 3
Sign language: Any sign communication system 1
Other language 0

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