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Breckland: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000143

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Key Facts

All Residents 141,476
Male 70,124
Female 71,352
Households 60,361
Population Density (people/km2) 108.4
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 137,538
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 128,814
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 9
Other UK language 6
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 1
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 1
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 3
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 48
Portuguese 1,751
Spanish 107
Other European language (EU) 5,642
Other European language (EU): Italian 59
Other European language (EU): German 56
Other European language (EU): Polish 2,640
Other European language (EU): Slovak 56
Other European language (EU): Czech 33
Other European language (EU): Romanian 777
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 1,418
Other European language (EU): Latvian 284
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 147
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 103
Other European language (EU): Greek 14
Other European language (EU): Dutch 29
Other European language (EU): Swedish 4
Other European language (EU): Danish 8
Other European language (EU): Finnish 6
Other European language (EU): Estonian 3
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 1
Other European language (EU): Maltese 1
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 3
Other European language (non EU) 28
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 6
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 15
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 1
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 6
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 10
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 10
Other European language (non-national) 1
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 1
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 387
Turkish 110
Arabic 18
West or Central Asian language 39
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 0
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 18
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 16
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 3
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 2
South Asian language 232
South Asian language: Urdu 14
South Asian language: Hindi 6
South Asian language: Panjabi 25
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 31
South Asian language: Gujarati 5
South Asian language: Marathi 6
South Asian language: Telugu 0
South Asian language: Tamil 49
South Asian language: Malayalam 54
South Asian language: Sinhala 3
South Asian language: Nepalese 37
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 2
East Asian language 245
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 33
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 30
East Asian language: All other Chinese 62
East Asian language: Japanese 4
East Asian language: Korean 7
East Asian language: Vietnamese 15
East Asian language: Thai 47
East Asian language: Malay 1
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 42
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 4
Oceanic or Australian language 6
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 3
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 1
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 2
African language 32
African language: Amharic 2
African language: Tigrinya 0
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 0
African language: Yoruba 0
African language: Igbo 0
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 2
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 2
African language: Afrikaans 19
African language: Any other Nigerian language 0
African language: Any other West African language 0
African language: Any other African language 7
Sign language 46
Sign language: British Sign Language 31
Sign language: Any other sign language 7
Sign language: Any sign communication system 8
Other language 4

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