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Ashfield: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000170

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Key Facts

All Residents 126,300
Male 61,859
Female 64,441
Households 54,507
Population Density (people/km2) 1,152.8
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 122,414
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 118,470
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 1
Other UK language 3
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 2
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 1
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 31
Portuguese 44
Spanish 78
Other European language (EU) 2,553
Other European language (EU): Italian 50
Other European language (EU): German 31
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,218
Other European language (EU): Slovak 99
Other European language (EU): Czech 28
Other European language (EU): Romanian 561
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 165
Other European language (EU): Latvian 162
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 65
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 104
Other European language (EU): Greek 39
Other European language (EU): Dutch 9
Other European language (EU): Swedish 5
Other European language (EU): Danish 4
Other European language (EU): Finnish 0
Other European language (EU): Estonian 5
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 3
Other European language (EU): Maltese 3
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 2
Other European language (non EU) 27
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 23
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 1
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) 2
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 2
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 89
Turkish 89
Arabic 82
West or Central Asian language 43
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 0
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 25
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 15
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 0
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 3
South Asian language 520
South Asian language: Urdu 38
South Asian language: Hindi 34
South Asian language: Panjabi 93
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 13
South Asian language: Gujarati 37
South Asian language: Marathi 4
South Asian language: Telugu 10
South Asian language: Tamil 123
South Asian language: Malayalam 151
South Asian language: Sinhala 9
South Asian language: Nepalese 2
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 6
East Asian language 264
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 28
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 56
East Asian language: All other Chinese 73
East Asian language: Japanese 6
East Asian language: Korean 1
East Asian language: Vietnamese 13
East Asian language: Thai 43
East Asian language: Malay 5
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 29
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 10
Oceanic or Australian language 3
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 4
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 1
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 3
African language 76
African language: Amharic 1
African language: Tigrinya 4
African language: Somali 1
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 6
African language: Yoruba 7
African language: Igbo 2
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 4
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 27
African language: Afrikaans 2
African language: Any other Nigerian language 0
African language: Any other West African language 10
African language: Any other African language 12
Sign language 33
Sign language: British Sign Language 22
Sign language: Any other sign language 1
Sign language: Any sign communication system 10
Other language 2

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