Essex: Main language (detailed)
Location Type: Counties, ONS Geographic Code: E10000012
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Key Facts
All Residents | 1,503,524 |
Male | 732,332 |
Female | 771,189 |
Households | 626,472 |
Population Density (people/km2) | 434.7 |
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Table Code | ts024 |
Issued | 2022-11-29 |
Unit of Measure | Person |
Number of Response Options | 95 |
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 | 1,455,044 |
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English (English or Welsh in Wales) | 1,391,523 |
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) | 66 |
Other UK language | 48 |
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) | 8 |
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) | 2 |
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic | 2 |
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) | 4 |
Other UK language: Cornish | 0 |
Other UK language: Scots | 10 |
Other UK language: Ulster Scots | 0 |
Other UK language: Romany English | 22 |
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant | 0 |
French | 1,241 |
Portuguese | 2,363 |
Spanish | 2,217 |
Other European language (EU) | 30,003 |
Other European language (EU): Italian | 1,770 |
Other European language (EU): German | 633 |
Other European language (EU): Polish | 7,730 |
Other European language (EU): Slovak | 498 |
Other European language (EU): Czech | 405 |
Other European language (EU): Romanian | 10,534 |
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian | 2,725 |
Other European language (EU): Latvian | 506 |
Other European language (EU): Hungarian | 1,557 |
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian | 1,920 |
Other European language (EU): Greek | 921 |
Other European language (EU): Dutch | 266 |
Other European language (EU): Swedish | 152 |
Other European language (EU): Danish | 108 |
Other European language (EU): Finnish | 78 |
Other European language (EU): Estonian | 65 |
Other European language (EU): Slovenian | 29 |
Other European language (EU): Maltese | 35 |
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) | 71 |
Other European language (non EU) | 1,051 |
Other European language (non EU): Albanian | 683 |
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian | 260 |
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) | 4 |
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) | 104 |
Other European language (EU and non-EU) | 175 |
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin | 175 |
Other European language (non-national) | 150 |
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language | 0 |
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish | 150 |
Russian | 1,598 |
Turkish | 2,376 |
Arabic | 1,326 |
West or Central Asian language | 1,112 |
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew | 53 |
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish | 325 |
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi | 479 |
West or Central Asian language: Pashto | 170 |
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language | 85 |
South Asian language | 11,455 |
South Asian language: Urdu | 1,267 |
South Asian language: Hindi | 742 |
South Asian language: Panjabi | 863 |
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) | 0 |
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) | 1,465 |
South Asian language: Gujarati | 872 |
South Asian language: Marathi | 204 |
South Asian language: Telugu | 714 |
South Asian language: Tamil | 1,767 |
South Asian language: Malayalam | 2,069 |
South Asian language: Sinhala | 258 |
South Asian language: Nepalese | 1,010 |
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language | 224 |
East Asian language | 5,566 |
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese | 435 |
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese | 955 |
East Asian language: All other Chinese | 1,571 |
East Asian language: Japanese | 221 |
East Asian language: Korean | 83 |
East Asian language: Vietnamese | 250 |
East Asian language: Thai | 555 |
East Asian language: Malay | 56 |
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino | 1,281 |
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language | 159 |
Oceanic or Australian language | 52 |
North or South American language | 1 |
Caribbean Creole | 28 |
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole | 1 |
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole | 27 |
African language | 2,031 |
African language: Amharic | 42 |
African language: Tigrinya | 77 |
African language: Somali | 33 |
African language: Krio | 6 |
African language: Akan | 383 |
African language: Yoruba | 193 |
African language: Igbo | 209 |
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili | 59 |
African language: Luganda | 28 |
African language: Lingala | 35 |
African language: Shona | 232 |
African language: Afrikaans | 402 |
African language: Any other Nigerian language | 66 |
African language: Any other West African language | 106 |
African language: Any other African language | 160 |
Sign language | 563 |
Sign language: British Sign Language | 441 |
Sign language: Any other sign language | 32 |
Sign language: Any sign communication system | 90 |
Other language | 99 |
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