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Hampshire: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Counties, ONS Geographic Code: E10000014

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Key Facts

All Residents 1,400,899
Male 684,783
Female 716,116
Households 587,694
Population Density (people/km2) 380.8
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 1,359,594
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 1,301,079
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 127
Other UK language 45
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 2
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 2
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 3
Other UK language: Cornish 1
Other UK language: Scots 11
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 1
Other UK language: Romany English 25
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 1,121
Portuguese 2,542
Spanish 2,173
Other European language (EU) 21,580
Other European language (EU): Italian 1,239
Other European language (EU): German 703
Other European language (EU): Polish 8,275
Other European language (EU): Slovak 635
Other European language (EU): Czech 390
Other European language (EU): Romanian 4,962
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 624
Other European language (EU): Latvian 267
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 1,808
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 1,238
Other European language (EU): Greek 586
Other European language (EU): Dutch 324
Other European language (EU): Swedish 145
Other European language (EU): Danish 106
Other European language (EU): Finnish 106
Other European language (EU): Estonian 44
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 29
Other European language (EU): Maltese 26
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 73
Other European language (non EU) 474
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 166
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 118
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 6
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 184
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 223
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 223
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 1,050
Turkish 1,060
Arabic 784
West or Central Asian language 761
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 29
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 215
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 342
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 106
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 69
South Asian language 19,662
South Asian language: Urdu 790
South Asian language: Hindi 697
South Asian language: Panjabi 851
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 6
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 781
South Asian language: Gujarati 507
South Asian language: Marathi 207
South Asian language: Telugu 569
South Asian language: Tamil 1,059
South Asian language: Malayalam 1,367
South Asian language: Sinhala 119
South Asian language: Nepalese 12,434
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 275
East Asian language 5,105
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 377
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 791
East Asian language: All other Chinese 1,314
East Asian language: Japanese 252
East Asian language: Korean 82
East Asian language: Vietnamese 210
East Asian language: Thai 654
East Asian language: Malay 73
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 1,217
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 135
Oceanic or Australian language 156
North or South American language 1
Caribbean Creole 17
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 2
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 15
African language 1,092
African language: Amharic 14
African language: Tigrinya 9
African language: Somali 9
African language: Krio 2
African language: Akan 99
African language: Yoruba 27
African language: Igbo 47
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 50
African language: Luganda 7
African language: Lingala 10
African language: Shona 255
African language: Afrikaans 299
African language: Any other Nigerian language 16
African language: Any other West African language 112
African language: Any other African language 136
Sign language 475
Sign language: British Sign Language 333
Sign language: Any other sign language 17
Sign language: Any sign communication system 125
Other language 67

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