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Devon: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Counties, ONS Geographic Code: E10000008

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Key Facts

All Residents 811,640
Male 394,040
Female 417,600
Households 352,619
Population Density (people/km2) 123.7
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 791,212
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 770,106
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 85
Other UK language 27
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 3
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 5
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 1
Other UK language: Cornish 12
Other UK language: Scots 3
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 3
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 718
Portuguese 683
Spanish 1,188
Other European language (EU) 10,522
Other European language (EU): Italian 639
Other European language (EU): German 539
Other European language (EU): Polish 3,960
Other European language (EU): Slovak 241
Other European language (EU): Czech 138
Other European language (EU): Romanian 2,161
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 654
Other European language (EU): Latvian 289
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 505
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 547
Other European language (EU): Greek 334
Other European language (EU): Dutch 239
Other European language (EU): Swedish 96
Other European language (EU): Danish 58
Other European language (EU): Finnish 33
Other European language (EU): Estonian 16
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 9
Other European language (EU): Maltese 9
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 55
Other European language (non EU) 153
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 52
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 34
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 3
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 64
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 49
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 49
Other European language (non-national) 2
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 2
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 408
Turkish 392
Arabic 896
West or Central Asian language 483
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 13
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 129
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 261
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 39
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 41
South Asian language 1,577
South Asian language: Urdu 102
South Asian language: Hindi 112
South Asian language: Panjabi 69
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 360
South Asian language: Gujarati 41
South Asian language: Marathi 21
South Asian language: Telugu 57
South Asian language: Tamil 119
South Asian language: Malayalam 451
South Asian language: Sinhala 32
South Asian language: Nepalese 178
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 35
East Asian language 3,200
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 217
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 457
East Asian language: All other Chinese 1,175
East Asian language: Japanese 168
East Asian language: Korean 117
East Asian language: Vietnamese 82
East Asian language: Thai 259
East Asian language: Malay 65
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 587
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 73
Oceanic or Australian language 30
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 1
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 1
African language 252
African language: Amharic 6
African language: Tigrinya 9
African language: Somali 2
African language: Krio 1
African language: Akan 7
African language: Yoruba 8
African language: Igbo 17
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 21
African language: Luganda 1
African language: Lingala 3
African language: Shona 50
African language: Afrikaans 64
African language: Any other Nigerian language 5
African language: Any other West African language 16
African language: Any other African language 42
Sign language 413
Sign language: British Sign Language 337
Sign language: Any other sign language 10
Sign language: Any sign communication system 66
Other language 27

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