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South Somerset: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000189

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Key Facts

All Residents 172,671
Male 84,509
Female 88,162
Households 75,936
Population Density (people/km2) 180.0
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 167,854
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 160,744
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 13
Other UK language 10
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 2
Other UK language: Scots 2
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 1
Other UK language: Romany English 5
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 100
Portuguese 850
Spanish 145
Other European language (EU) 4,528
Other European language (EU): Italian 176
Other European language (EU): German 79
Other European language (EU): Polish 2,472
Other European language (EU): Slovak 57
Other European language (EU): Czech 26
Other European language (EU): Romanian 1,129
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 142
Other European language (EU): Latvian 24
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 118
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 208
Other European language (EU): Greek 26
Other European language (EU): Dutch 30
Other European language (EU): Swedish 12
Other European language (EU): Danish 5
Other European language (EU): Finnish 6
Other European language (EU): Estonian 3
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 10
Other European language (EU): Maltese 2
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 3
Other European language (non EU) 31
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 12
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) 8
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 3
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 3
Other European language (non-national) 1
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 1
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 41
Turkish 85
Arabic 78
West or Central Asian language 33
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 0
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 20
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 8
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 0
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 5
South Asian language 576
South Asian language: Urdu 51
South Asian language: Hindi 23
South Asian language: Panjabi 6
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 74
South Asian language: Gujarati 15
South Asian language: Marathi 10
South Asian language: Telugu 23
South Asian language: Tamil 41
South Asian language: Malayalam 271
South Asian language: Sinhala 16
South Asian language: Nepalese 21
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 25
East Asian language 472
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 16
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 47
East Asian language: All other Chinese 72
East Asian language: Japanese 15
East Asian language: Korean 6
East Asian language: Vietnamese 6
East Asian language: Thai 60
East Asian language: Malay 7
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 225
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 18
Oceanic or Australian language 9
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 1
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 1
African language 72
African language: Amharic 2
African language: Tigrinya 0
African language: Somali 1
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 0
African language: Yoruba 6
African language: Igbo 2
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 3
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 20
African language: Afrikaans 19
African language: Any other Nigerian language 0
African language: Any other West African language 2
African language: Any other African language 17
Sign language 46
Sign language: British Sign Language 31
Sign language: Any other sign language 6
Sign language: Any sign communication system 9
Other language 16

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