Census Data

Oadby and Wigston: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000135

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Key Facts

All Residents 57,747
Male 27,993
Female 29,754
Households 22,615
Population Density (people/km2) 2,454.9
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 56,155
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 50,500
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 2
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 1
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 0
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 67
Portuguese 86
Spanish 45
Other European language (EU) 730
Other European language (EU): Italian 55
Other European language (EU): German 21
Other European language (EU): Polish 321
Other European language (EU): Slovak 8
Other European language (EU): Czech 2
Other European language (EU): Romanian 153
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 47
Other European language (EU): Latvian 13
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 37
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 9
Other European language (EU): Greek 43
Other European language (EU): Dutch 8
Other European language (EU): Swedish 4
Other European language (EU): Danish 1
Other European language (EU): Finnish 2
Other European language (EU): Estonian 1
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 5
Other European language (EU): Maltese 0
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 0
Other European language (non EU) 33
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 26
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 3
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) 32
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 32
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 27
Turkish 210
Arabic 208
West or Central Asian language 134
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 2
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 23
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 61
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 46
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 2
South Asian language 3,828
South Asian language: Urdu 336
South Asian language: Hindi 91
South Asian language: Panjabi 1,679
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 2
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 61
South Asian language: Gujarati 1,276
South Asian language: Marathi 36
South Asian language: Telugu 36
South Asian language: Tamil 74
South Asian language: Malayalam 57
South Asian language: Sinhala 23
South Asian language: Nepalese 9
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 148
East Asian language 171
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 20
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 40
East Asian language: All other Chinese 63
East Asian language: Japanese 5
East Asian language: Korean 1
East Asian language: Vietnamese 11
East Asian language: Thai 20
East Asian language: Malay 1
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 9
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 1
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 52
African language: Amharic 0
African language: Tigrinya 0
African language: Somali 1
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 12
African language: Yoruba 3
African language: Igbo 4
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 2
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 13
African language: Afrikaans 0
African language: Any other Nigerian language 10
African language: Any other West African language 2
African language: Any other African language 5
Sign language 25
Sign language: British Sign Language 23
Sign language: Any other sign language 1
Sign language: Any sign communication system 1
Other language 4

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