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St Albans: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000240

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Key Facts

All Residents 148,167
Male 72,296
Female 75,871
Households 58,990
Population Density (people/km2) 919.3
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 143,199
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 134,129
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 24
Other UK language 12
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 2
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 2
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 1
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 7
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 359
Portuguese 448
Spanish 663
Other European language (EU) 3,460
Other European language (EU): Italian 573
Other European language (EU): German 194
Other European language (EU): Polish 852
Other European language (EU): Slovak 98
Other European language (EU): Czech 80
Other European language (EU): Romanian 584
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 78
Other European language (EU): Latvian 19
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 254
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 190
Other European language (EU): Greek 283
Other European language (EU): Dutch 81
Other European language (EU): Swedish 51
Other European language (EU): Danish 39
Other European language (EU): Finnish 20
Other European language (EU): Estonian 7
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 1
Other European language (EU): Maltese 10
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 46
Other European language (non EU) 208
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 148
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 25
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 2
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 33
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 68
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 68
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 235
Turkish 170
Arabic 382
West or Central Asian language 165
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 27
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 23
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 77
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 17
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 21
South Asian language 1,747
South Asian language: Urdu 252
South Asian language: Hindi 90
South Asian language: Panjabi 104
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 3
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 755
South Asian language: Gujarati 155
South Asian language: Marathi 15
South Asian language: Telugu 43
South Asian language: Tamil 190
South Asian language: Malayalam 33
South Asian language: Sinhala 40
South Asian language: Nepalese 4
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 63
East Asian language 840
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 53
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 294
East Asian language: All other Chinese 209
East Asian language: Japanese 98
East Asian language: Korean 22
East Asian language: Vietnamese 14
East Asian language: Thai 61
East Asian language: Malay 6
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 79
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 4
Oceanic or Australian language 1
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 5
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 5
African language 188
African language: Amharic 12
African language: Tigrinya 4
African language: Somali 6
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 19
African language: Yoruba 4
African language: Igbo 8
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 15
African language: Luganda 5
African language: Lingala 1
African language: Shona 33
African language: Afrikaans 57
African language: Any other Nigerian language 0
African language: Any other West African language 3
African language: Any other African language 21
Sign language 76
Sign language: British Sign Language 70
Sign language: Any other sign language 0
Sign language: Any sign communication system 6
Other language 19

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