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Waverley: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000216

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Key Facts

All Residents 128,229
Male 62,198
Female 66,031
Households 52,448
Population Density (people/km2) 371.5
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 124,576
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 120,024
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 17
Other UK language 4
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 1
Other UK language: Scots 1
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 2
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 184
Portuguese 276
Spanish 270
Other European language (EU) 1,952
Other European language (EU): Italian 179
Other European language (EU): German 129
Other European language (EU): Polish 398
Other European language (EU): Slovak 58
Other European language (EU): Czech 51
Other European language (EU): Romanian 375
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 60
Other European language (EU): Latvian 15
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 242
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 169
Other European language (EU): Greek 93
Other European language (EU): Dutch 56
Other European language (EU): Swedish 53
Other European language (EU): Danish 19
Other European language (EU): Finnish 24
Other European language (EU): Estonian 13
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 4
Other European language (EU): Maltese 2
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 12
Other European language (non EU) 70
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 30
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 9
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 1
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 30
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 17
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 17
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 117
Turkish 63
Arabic 55
West or Central Asian language 104
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 4
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 40
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 35
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 21
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 4
South Asian language 626
South Asian language: Urdu 354
South Asian language: Hindi 10
South Asian language: Panjabi 29
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 1
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 76
South Asian language: Gujarati 42
South Asian language: Marathi 1
South Asian language: Telugu 5
South Asian language: Tamil 36
South Asian language: Malayalam 28
South Asian language: Sinhala 5
South Asian language: Nepalese 33
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 6
East Asian language 648
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 52
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 73
East Asian language: All other Chinese 245
East Asian language: Japanese 75
East Asian language: Korean 18
East Asian language: Vietnamese 25
East Asian language: Thai 53
East Asian language: Malay 4
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 97
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 6
Oceanic or Australian language 0
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 111
African language: Amharic 4
African language: Tigrinya 1
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 6
African language: Yoruba 0
African language: Igbo 1
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 4
African language: Luganda 1
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 19
African language: Afrikaans 66
African language: Any other Nigerian language 0
African language: Any other West African language 7
African language: Any other African language 2
Sign language 37
Sign language: British Sign Language 25
Sign language: Any other sign language 2
Sign language: Any sign communication system 10
Other language 1

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