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Blaby: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000129

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Key Facts

All Residents 102,926
Male 50,448
Female 52,478
Households 42,575
Population Density (people/km2) 788.9
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 99,655
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 94,369
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 6
Other UK language 1
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 0
Other UK language: Romany English 1
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 73
Portuguese 120
Spanish 83
Other European language (EU) 1,917
Other European language (EU): Italian 83
Other European language (EU): German 15
Other European language (EU): Polish 926
Other European language (EU): Slovak 48
Other European language (EU): Czech 7
Other European language (EU): Romanian 456
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 139
Other European language (EU): Latvian 72
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 62
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 25
Other European language (EU): Greek 58
Other European language (EU): Dutch 11
Other European language (EU): Swedish 2
Other European language (EU): Danish 4
Other European language (EU): Finnish 4
Other European language (EU): Estonian 3
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 0
Other European language (EU): Maltese 2
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 0
Other European language (non EU) 44
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 33
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 7
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 4
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 23
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 23
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 51
Turkish 80
Arabic 75
West or Central Asian language 82
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 1
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 26
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 43
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 9
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 3
South Asian language 2,245
South Asian language: Urdu 75
South Asian language: Hindi 54
South Asian language: Panjabi 1,089
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 22
South Asian language: Gujarati 698
South Asian language: Marathi 19
South Asian language: Telugu 22
South Asian language: Tamil 101
South Asian language: Malayalam 119
South Asian language: Sinhala 14
South Asian language: Nepalese 6
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 26
East Asian language 290
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 25
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 111
East Asian language: All other Chinese 88
East Asian language: Japanese 14
East Asian language: Korean 0
East Asian language: Vietnamese 2
East Asian language: Thai 27
East Asian language: Malay 0
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 16
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 7
Oceanic or Australian language 1
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 125
African language: Amharic 0
African language: Tigrinya 0
African language: Somali 5
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 6
African language: Yoruba 11
African language: Igbo 18
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 8
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 46
African language: Afrikaans 7
African language: Any other Nigerian language 4
African language: Any other West African language 6
African language: Any other African language 14
Sign language 67
Sign language: British Sign Language 42
Sign language: Any other sign language 2
Sign language: Any sign communication system 23
Other language 1

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