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Chichester: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000225

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Key Facts

All Residents 124,068
Male 59,515
Female 64,553
Households 54,118
Population Density (people/km2) 157.8
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 120,976
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 116,962
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 10
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) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 1
Other UK language: Scots 2
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 0
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 101
Portuguese 247
Spanish 192
Other European language (EU) 2,266
Other European language (EU): Italian 124
Other European language (EU): German 95
Other European language (EU): Polish 915
Other European language (EU): Slovak 39
Other European language (EU): Czech 38
Other European language (EU): Romanian 440
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 98
Other European language (EU): Latvian 47
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 138
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 154
Other European language (EU): Greek 52
Other European language (EU): Dutch 50
Other European language (EU): Swedish 23
Other European language (EU): Danish 15
Other European language (EU): Finnish 12
Other European language (EU): Estonian 9
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 7
Other European language (EU): Maltese 1
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 9
Other European language (non EU) 25
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 8
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 10
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 1
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 6
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 14
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 14
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 65
Turkish 45
Arabic 95
West or Central Asian language 36
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 0
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 4
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 27
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 1
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 4
South Asian language 361
South Asian language: Urdu 10
South Asian language: Hindi 22
South Asian language: Panjabi 11
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 74
South Asian language: Gujarati 34
South Asian language: Marathi 4
South Asian language: Telugu 10
South Asian language: Tamil 30
South Asian language: Malayalam 84
South Asian language: Sinhala 25
South Asian language: Nepalese 47
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 10
East Asian language 441
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 18
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 54
East Asian language: All other Chinese 96
East Asian language: Japanese 28
East Asian language: Korean 3
East Asian language: Vietnamese 15
East Asian language: Thai 43
East Asian language: Malay 6
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 151
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 27
Oceanic or Australian language 21
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 2
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 2
African language 59
African language: Amharic 1
African language: Tigrinya 0
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 1
African language: Akan 1
African language: Yoruba 2
African language: Igbo 1
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 1
African language: Luganda 1
African language: Lingala 2
African language: Shona 4
African language: Afrikaans 28
African language: Any other Nigerian language 3
African language: Any other West African language 2
African language: Any other African language 12
Sign language 24
Sign language: British Sign Language 6
Sign language: Any other sign language 1
Sign language: Any sign communication system 17
Other language 6

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