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Selby: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000169

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Key Facts

All Residents 91,988
Male 45,182
Female 46,806
Households 39,560
Population Density (people/km2) 153.5
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 89,111
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 86,596
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 7
Other UK language 11
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 3
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 2
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 6
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 25
Portuguese 45
Spanish 70
Other European language (EU) 1,930
Other European language (EU): Italian 69
Other European language (EU): German 20
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,310
Other European language (EU): Slovak 32
Other European language (EU): Czech 6
Other European language (EU): Romanian 221
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 23
Other European language (EU): Latvian 47
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 58
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 92
Other European language (EU): Greek 27
Other European language (EU): Dutch 10
Other European language (EU): Swedish 5
Other European language (EU): Danish 3
Other European language (EU): Finnish 3
Other European language (EU): Estonian 1
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 0
Other European language (EU): Maltese 1
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 2
Other European language (non EU) 15
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 1
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 11
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) 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 60
Turkish 29
Arabic 48
West or Central Asian language 4
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 1
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 3
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 0
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 0
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 0
South Asian language 44
South Asian language: Urdu 0
South Asian language: Hindi 9
South Asian language: Panjabi 15
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 1
South Asian language: Gujarati 0
South Asian language: Marathi 4
South Asian language: Telugu 0
South Asian language: Tamil 6
South Asian language: Malayalam 5
South Asian language: Sinhala 1
South Asian language: Nepalese 3
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 0
East Asian language 165
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 14
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 42
East Asian language: All other Chinese 39
East Asian language: Japanese 3
East Asian language: Korean 0
East Asian language: Vietnamese 11
East Asian language: Thai 34
East Asian language: Malay 3
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 18
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 1
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 25
African language: Amharic 0
African language: Tigrinya 1
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 0
African language: Yoruba 4
African language: Igbo 0
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 3
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 4
African language: Afrikaans 10
African language: Any other Nigerian language 0
African language: Any other West African language 1
African language: Any other African language 2
Sign language 29
Sign language: British Sign Language 26
Sign language: Any other sign language 0
Sign language: Any sign communication system 3
Other language 0

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