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Derbyshire: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Counties, ONS Geographic Code: E10000007

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Key Facts

All Residents 794,636
Male 389,783
Female 404,853
Households 354,211
Population Density (people/km2) 312.0
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 772,348
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 756,640
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 64
Other UK language 25
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 8
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 1
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 3
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 7
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 6
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 232
Portuguese 401
Spanish 417
Other European language (EU) 8,889
Other European language (EU): Italian 340
Other European language (EU): German 211
Other European language (EU): Polish 4,773
Other European language (EU): Slovak 223
Other European language (EU): Czech 118
Other European language (EU): Romanian 1,414
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 374
Other European language (EU): Latvian 215
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 438
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 324
Other European language (EU): Greek 222
Other European language (EU): Dutch 95
Other European language (EU): Swedish 47
Other European language (EU): Danish 30
Other European language (EU): Finnish 25
Other European language (EU): Estonian 8
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 11
Other European language (EU): Maltese 8
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 13
Other European language (non EU) 106
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 58
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 23
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 25
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 39
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 39
Other European language (non-national) 2
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 2
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 324
Turkish 319
Arabic 243
West or Central Asian language 188
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 5
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 83
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 73
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 15
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 12
South Asian language 2,421
South Asian language: Urdu 252
South Asian language: Hindi 104
South Asian language: Panjabi 1,066
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 22
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 63
South Asian language: Gujarati 163
South Asian language: Marathi 32
South Asian language: Telugu 57
South Asian language: Tamil 259
South Asian language: Malayalam 305
South Asian language: Sinhala 40
South Asian language: Nepalese 25
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 33
East Asian language 1,500
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 143
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 249
East Asian language: All other Chinese 458
East Asian language: Japanese 69
East Asian language: Korean 26
East Asian language: Vietnamese 87
East Asian language: Thai 214
East Asian language: Malay 34
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 196
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 24
Oceanic or Australian language 7
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 2
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 1
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 1
African language 212
African language: Amharic 7
African language: Tigrinya 12
African language: Somali 1
African language: Krio 1
African language: Akan 20
African language: Yoruba 15
African language: Igbo 5
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 13
African language: Luganda 2
African language: Lingala 1
African language: Shona 53
African language: Afrikaans 45
African language: Any other Nigerian language 0
African language: Any other West African language 12
African language: Any other African language 25
Sign language 303
Sign language: British Sign Language 249
Sign language: Any other sign language 11
Sign language: Any sign communication system 43
Other language 14

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