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Norfolk: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Counties, ONS Geographic Code: E10000020

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Key Facts

All Residents 916,120
Male 449,251
Female 466,869
Households 404,341
Population Density (people/km2) 170.2
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 891,580
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 846,731
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 43
Other UK language 37
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 3
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 1
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 4
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 25
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 4
French 513
Portuguese 5,391
Spanish 1,173
Other European language (EU) 24,401
Other European language (EU): Italian 675
Other European language (EU): German 423
Other European language (EU): Polish 6,989
Other European language (EU): Slovak 390
Other European language (EU): Czech 144
Other European language (EU): Romanian 3,943
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 7,147
Other European language (EU): Latvian 931
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 1,280
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 1,524
Other European language (EU): Greek 461
Other European language (EU): Dutch 206
Other European language (EU): Swedish 82
Other European language (EU): Danish 53
Other European language (EU): Finnish 41
Other European language (EU): Estonian 34
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 18
Other European language (EU): Maltese 18
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 42
Other European language (non EU) 416
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 260
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 82
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 1
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 73
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 67
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 67
Other European language (non-national) 3
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 3
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 1,996
Turkish 699
Arabic 1,045
West or Central Asian language 705
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 26
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 377
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 199
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 61
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 42
South Asian language 3,807
South Asian language: Urdu 231
South Asian language: Hindi 267
South Asian language: Panjabi 151
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 567
South Asian language: Gujarati 159
South Asian language: Marathi 72
South Asian language: Telugu 214
South Asian language: Tamil 608
South Asian language: Malayalam 1,175
South Asian language: Sinhala 99
South Asian language: Nepalese 108
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 156
East Asian language 3,489
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 276
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 518
East Asian language: All other Chinese 1,033
East Asian language: Japanese 109
East Asian language: Korean 70
East Asian language: Vietnamese 115
East Asian language: Thai 394
East Asian language: Malay 61
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 759
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 154
Oceanic or Australian language 12
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 10
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 3
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 7
African language 668
African language: Amharic 11
African language: Tigrinya 98
African language: Somali 5
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 22
African language: Yoruba 52
African language: Igbo 56
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 93
African language: Luganda 7
African language: Lingala 12
African language: Shona 61
African language: Afrikaans 102
African language: Any other Nigerian language 18
African language: Any other West African language 38
African language: Any other African language 93
Sign language 331
Sign language: British Sign Language 245
Sign language: Any other sign language 38
Sign language: Any sign communication system 48
Other language 43

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