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Gloucestershire: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Counties, ONS Geographic Code: E10000013

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Key Facts

All Residents 645,076
Male 315,244
Female 329,832
Households 279,429
Population Density (people/km2) 243.2
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 626,359
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 599,366
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 139
Other UK language 29
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 11
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 2
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 1
Other UK language: Cornish 4
Other UK language: Scots 6
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 5
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 619
Portuguese 1,144
Spanish 938
Other European language (EU) 14,685
Other European language (EU): Italian 651
Other European language (EU): German 314
Other European language (EU): Polish 6,703
Other European language (EU): Slovak 570
Other European language (EU): Czech 595
Other European language (EU): Romanian 2,796
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 243
Other European language (EU): Latvian 188
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 814
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 1,140
Other European language (EU): Greek 269
Other European language (EU): Dutch 152
Other European language (EU): Swedish 66
Other European language (EU): Danish 58
Other European language (EU): Finnish 36
Other European language (EU): Estonian 16
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 34
Other European language (EU): Maltese 14
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 26
Other European language (non EU) 323
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 147
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 120
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 2
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 54
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 115
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 115
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 320
Turkish 312
Arabic 646
West or Central Asian language 445
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 24
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 151
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 179
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 69
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 22
South Asian language 4,377
South Asian language: Urdu 427
South Asian language: Hindi 150
South Asian language: Panjabi 303
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 2
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 534
South Asian language: Gujarati 836
South Asian language: Marathi 50
South Asian language: Telugu 148
South Asian language: Tamil 572
South Asian language: Malayalam 746
South Asian language: Sinhala 58
South Asian language: Nepalese 457
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 94
East Asian language 2,073
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 144
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 264
East Asian language: All other Chinese 487
East Asian language: Japanese 179
East Asian language: Korean 49
East Asian language: Vietnamese 66
East Asian language: Thai 254
East Asian language: Malay 37
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 521
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 72
Oceanic or Australian language 28
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 4
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 4
African language 537
African language: Amharic 14
African language: Tigrinya 19
African language: Somali 8
African language: Krio 6
African language: Akan 18
African language: Yoruba 33
African language: Igbo 30
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 30
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 14
African language: Shona 74
African language: Afrikaans 73
African language: Any other Nigerian language 19
African language: Any other West African language 100
African language: Any other African language 99
Sign language 224
Sign language: British Sign Language 162
Sign language: Any other sign language 9
Sign language: Any sign communication system 53
Other language 35

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