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Bury: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000002

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Key Facts

All Residents 193,851
Male 95,110
Female 98,741
Households 80,695
Population Density (people/km2) 1,948.6
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 187,218
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 174,961
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 25
Other UK language 12
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 2
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 2
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 1
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 7
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 0
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 158
Portuguese 246
Spanish 310
Other European language (EU) 3,176
Other European language (EU): Italian 275
Other European language (EU): German 54
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,713
Other European language (EU): Slovak 87
Other European language (EU): Czech 131
Other European language (EU): Romanian 280
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 138
Other European language (EU): Latvian 46
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 123
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 106
Other European language (EU): Greek 140
Other European language (EU): Dutch 43
Other European language (EU): Swedish 8
Other European language (EU): Danish 12
Other European language (EU): Finnish 8
Other European language (EU): Estonian 3
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 4
Other European language (EU): Maltese 3
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 2
Other European language (non EU) 191
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 80
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 102
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 9
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 21
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 21
Other European language (non-national) 7
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 7
Russian 113
Turkish 48
Arabic 574
West or Central Asian language 1,328
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 68
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 226
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 684
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 316
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 34
South Asian language 4,766
South Asian language: Urdu 2,697
South Asian language: Hindi 35
South Asian language: Panjabi 1,340
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 94
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 176
South Asian language: Gujarati 94
South Asian language: Marathi 10
South Asian language: Telugu 8
South Asian language: Tamil 22
South Asian language: Malayalam 112
South Asian language: Sinhala 34
South Asian language: Nepalese 50
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 94
East Asian language 624
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 61
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 186
East Asian language: All other Chinese 165
East Asian language: Japanese 19
East Asian language: Korean 8
East Asian language: Vietnamese 33
East Asian language: Thai 49
East Asian language: Malay 6
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 79
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 18
Oceanic or Australian language 1
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 4
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 1
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 3
African language 532
African language: Amharic 19
African language: Tigrinya 72
African language: Somali 74
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 17
African language: Yoruba 20
African language: Igbo 27
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 94
African language: Luganda 1
African language: Lingala 3
African language: Shona 36
African language: Afrikaans 2
African language: Any other Nigerian language 8
African language: Any other West African language 14
African language: Any other African language 145
Sign language 102
Sign language: British Sign Language 92
Sign language: Any other sign language 7
Sign language: Any sign communication system 3
Other language 19

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