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Scarborough: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000168

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Key Facts

All Residents 108,736
Male 52,836
Female 55,899
Households 51,125
Population Density (people/km2) 133.2
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 105,999
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 102,837
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 1
Other UK language 7
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) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 3
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 3
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 23
Portuguese 68
Spanish 81
Other European language (EU) 2,121
Other European language (EU): Italian 66
Other European language (EU): German 48
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,048
Other European language (EU): Slovak 62
Other European language (EU): Czech 12
Other European language (EU): Romanian 647
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 20
Other European language (EU): Latvian 46
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 42
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 72
Other European language (EU): Greek 22
Other European language (EU): Dutch 12
Other European language (EU): Swedish 5
Other European language (EU): Danish 4
Other European language (EU): Finnish 1
Other European language (EU): Estonian 2
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 3
Other European language (EU): Maltese 1
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 8
Other European language (non EU) 10
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 2
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 5
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 3
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 8
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 8
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 53
Turkish 60
Arabic 92
West or Central Asian language 53
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 2
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 15
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 19
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 9
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 8
South Asian language 280
South Asian language: Urdu 15
South Asian language: Hindi 13
South Asian language: Panjabi 6
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 85
South Asian language: Gujarati 0
South Asian language: Marathi 1
South Asian language: Telugu 0
South Asian language: Tamil 39
South Asian language: Malayalam 97
South Asian language: Sinhala 7
South Asian language: Nepalese 4
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 13
East Asian language 246
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 16
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 30
East Asian language: All other Chinese 60
East Asian language: Japanese 6
East Asian language: Korean 7
East Asian language: Vietnamese 7
East Asian language: Thai 44
East Asian language: Malay 3
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 71
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 2
Oceanic or Australian language 3
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 28
African language: Amharic 0
African language: Tigrinya 0
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 3
African language: Yoruba 3
African language: Igbo 7
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 0
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 2
African language: Afrikaans 2
African language: Any other Nigerian language 0
African language: Any other West African language 1
African language: Any other African language 10
Sign language 26
Sign language: British Sign Language 23
Sign language: Any other sign language 1
Sign language: Any sign communication system 2
Other language 2

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