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East Suffolk: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000244

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Key Facts

All Residents 246,058
Male 119,835
Female 126,223
Households 110,747
Population Density (people/km2) 195.1
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 239,994
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 235,021
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 19
Other UK language 6
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 0
Other UK language: Scots 2
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 3
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 119
Portuguese 470
Spanish 156
Other European language (EU) 2,393
Other European language (EU): Italian 79
Other European language (EU): German 100
Other European language (EU): Polish 582
Other European language (EU): Slovak 40
Other European language (EU): Czech 28
Other European language (EU): Romanian 652
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 277
Other European language (EU): Latvian 62
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 264
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 146
Other European language (EU): Greek 47
Other European language (EU): Dutch 50
Other European language (EU): Swedish 28
Other European language (EU): Danish 12
Other European language (EU): Finnish 3
Other European language (EU): Estonian 3
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 7
Other European language (EU): Maltese 5
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 8
Other European language (non EU) 43
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 25
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 6
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 2
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 10
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 19
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 19
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 106
Turkish 146
Arabic 50
West or Central Asian language 87
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 6
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 41
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 17
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 14
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 9
South Asian language 609
South Asian language: Urdu 66
South Asian language: Hindi 35
South Asian language: Panjabi 36
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 81
South Asian language: Gujarati 52
South Asian language: Marathi 21
South Asian language: Telugu 29
South Asian language: Tamil 144
South Asian language: Malayalam 66
South Asian language: Sinhala 20
South Asian language: Nepalese 38
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 21
East Asian language 581
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 64
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 92
East Asian language: All other Chinese 170
East Asian language: Japanese 20
East Asian language: Korean 10
East Asian language: Vietnamese 16
East Asian language: Thai 70
East Asian language: Malay 6
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 104
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 29
Oceanic or Australian language 10
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 3
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 3
African language 89
African language: Amharic 1
African language: Tigrinya 0
African language: Somali 2
African language: Krio 1
African language: Akan 2
African language: Yoruba 1
African language: Igbo 0
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 6
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 19
African language: Afrikaans 37
African language: Any other Nigerian language 1
African language: Any other West African language 9
African language: Any other African language 10
Sign language 60
Sign language: British Sign Language 47
Sign language: Any other sign language 7
Sign language: Any sign communication system 6
Other language 7

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