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Guildford: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000209

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Key Facts

All Residents 143,650
Male 70,720
Female 72,929
Households 55,760
Population Density (people/km2) 530.2
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 139,722
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 128,423
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 28
Other UK language 4
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) 3
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 332
Portuguese 682
Spanish 930
Other European language (EU) 4,086
Other European language (EU): Italian 457
Other European language (EU): German 192
Other European language (EU): Polish 916
Other European language (EU): Slovak 72
Other European language (EU): Czech 61
Other European language (EU): Romanian 649
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 68
Other European language (EU): Latvian 39
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 445
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 424
Other European language (EU): Greek 480
Other European language (EU): Dutch 92
Other European language (EU): Swedish 56
Other European language (EU): Danish 39
Other European language (EU): Finnish 35
Other European language (EU): Estonian 26
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 11
Other European language (EU): Maltese 3
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 21
Other European language (non EU) 126
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 51
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 52
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 23
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 80
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 80
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 261
Turkish 223
Arabic 351
West or Central Asian language 353
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 9
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 69
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 200
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 34
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 41
South Asian language 1,593
South Asian language: Urdu 161
South Asian language: Hindi 124
South Asian language: Panjabi 55
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 145
South Asian language: Gujarati 91
South Asian language: Marathi 35
South Asian language: Telugu 46
South Asian language: Tamil 207
South Asian language: Malayalam 222
South Asian language: Sinhala 38
South Asian language: Nepalese 418
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 51
East Asian language 1,983
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 173
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 363
East Asian language: All other Chinese 719
East Asian language: Japanese 56
East Asian language: Korean 66
East Asian language: Vietnamese 30
East Asian language: Thai 101
East Asian language: Malay 32
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 404
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 39
Oceanic or Australian language 26
North or South American language 1
Caribbean Creole 5
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 1
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 4
African language 184
African language: Amharic 4
African language: Tigrinya 9
African language: Somali 1
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 4
African language: Yoruba 3
African language: Igbo 2
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 4
African language: Luganda 1
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 17
African language: Afrikaans 92
African language: Any other Nigerian language 15
African language: Any other West African language 8
African language: Any other African language 24
Sign language 44
Sign language: British Sign Language 40
Sign language: Any other sign language 0
Sign language: Any sign communication system 4
Other language 7

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