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South Norfolk: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000149

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Key Facts

All Residents 141,948
Male 69,238
Female 72,709
Households 61,382
Population Density (people/km2) 156.4
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 137,979
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 134,429
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 5
Other UK language 0
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 0
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 85
Portuguese 185
Spanish 135
Other European language (EU) 1,798
Other European language (EU): Italian 67
Other European language (EU): German 56
Other European language (EU): Polish 599
Other European language (EU): Slovak 25
Other European language (EU): Czech 11
Other European language (EU): Romanian 395
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 132
Other European language (EU): Latvian 20
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 161
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 227
Other European language (EU): Greek 24
Other European language (EU): Dutch 31
Other European language (EU): Swedish 20
Other European language (EU): Danish 4
Other European language (EU): Finnish 7
Other European language (EU): Estonian 5
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 2
Other European language (EU): Maltese 6
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 6
Other European language (non EU) 34
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 16
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 10
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 8
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 5
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 5
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 64
Turkish 85
Arabic 103
West or Central Asian language 47
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 2
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 13
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 26
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 3
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 3
South Asian language 449
South Asian language: Urdu 41
South Asian language: Hindi 40
South Asian language: Panjabi 5
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 68
South Asian language: Gujarati 16
South Asian language: Marathi 8
South Asian language: Telugu 22
South Asian language: Tamil 60
South Asian language: Malayalam 143
South Asian language: Sinhala 19
South Asian language: Nepalese 8
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 19
East Asian language 400
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 29
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 59
East Asian language: All other Chinese 128
East Asian language: Japanese 15
East Asian language: Korean 12
East Asian language: Vietnamese 4
East Asian language: Thai 49
East Asian language: Malay 7
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 90
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 7
Oceanic or Australian language 0
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 82
African language: Amharic 0
African language: Tigrinya 0
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 7
African language: Yoruba 7
African language: Igbo 12
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 3
African language: Luganda 1
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 21
African language: Afrikaans 15
African language: Any other Nigerian language 0
African language: Any other West African language 3
African language: Any other African language 13
Sign language 66
Sign language: British Sign Language 47
Sign language: Any other sign language 5
Sign language: Any sign communication system 14
Other language 5

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