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Dudley: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E08000027

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Key Facts

All Residents 323,486
Male 159,017
Female 164,471
Households 137,073
Population Density (people/km2) 3,302.4
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 312,864
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 298,942
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 11
Other UK language 5
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) 1
Other UK language: Cornish 1
Other UK language: Scots 1
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 1
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 216
Portuguese 246
Spanish 203
Other European language (EU) 3,830
Other European language (EU): Italian 254
Other European language (EU): German 66
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,528
Other European language (EU): Slovak 48
Other European language (EU): Czech 58
Other European language (EU): Romanian 1,060
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 158
Other European language (EU): Latvian 121
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 130
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 156
Other European language (EU): Greek 171
Other European language (EU): Dutch 50
Other European language (EU): Swedish 8
Other European language (EU): Danish 7
Other European language (EU): Finnish 6
Other European language (EU): Estonian 3
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 1
Other European language (EU): Maltese 0
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 5
Other European language (non EU) 254
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 231
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 14
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) 18
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 18
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 163
Turkish 76
Arabic 922
West or Central Asian language 647
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 1
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 244
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 260
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 124
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 18
South Asian language 5,930
South Asian language: Urdu 2,420
South Asian language: Hindi 104
South Asian language: Panjabi 2,156
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 369
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 105
South Asian language: Gujarati 257
South Asian language: Marathi 10
South Asian language: Telugu 38
South Asian language: Tamil 217
South Asian language: Malayalam 75
South Asian language: Sinhala 102
South Asian language: Nepalese 24
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 53
East Asian language 791
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 80
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 191
East Asian language: All other Chinese 219
East Asian language: Japanese 27
East Asian language: Korean 8
East Asian language: Vietnamese 37
East Asian language: Thai 90
East Asian language: Malay 6
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 116
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 17
Oceanic or Australian language 0
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 1
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 1
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 0
African language 376
African language: Amharic 6
African language: Tigrinya 11
African language: Somali 12
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 41
African language: Yoruba 18
African language: Igbo 25
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 15
African language: Luganda 2
African language: Lingala 17
African language: Shona 76
African language: Afrikaans 8
African language: Any other Nigerian language 32
African language: Any other West African language 66
African language: Any other African language 47
Sign language 203
Sign language: British Sign Language 144
Sign language: Any other sign language 4
Sign language: Any sign communication system 55
Other language 30

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