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Oxfordshire: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Counties, ONS Geographic Code: E10000025

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Key Facts

All Residents 725,291
Male 358,165
Female 367,126
Households 288,108
Population Density (people/km2) 278.4
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 702,896
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 641,407
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 157
Other UK language 29
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 12
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 3
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 4
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 4
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 6
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 2,020
Portuguese 5,234
Spanish 4,039
Other European language (EU) 25,699
Other European language (EU): Italian 2,505
Other European language (EU): German 1,791
Other European language (EU): Polish 8,558
Other European language (EU): Slovak 574
Other European language (EU): Czech 400
Other European language (EU): Romanian 5,103
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 655
Other European language (EU): Latvian 219
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 2,043
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 1,071
Other European language (EU): Greek 1,356
Other European language (EU): Dutch 559
Other European language (EU): Swedish 281
Other European language (EU): Danish 154
Other European language (EU): Finnish 114
Other European language (EU): Estonian 67
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 62
Other European language (EU): Maltese 18
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 169
Other European language (non EU) 1,206
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 914
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 90
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 8
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 194
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 571
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 571
Other European language (non-national) 15
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 13
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 2
Russian 1,201
Turkish 678
Arabic 1,714
West or Central Asian language 1,530
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 184
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 380
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 607
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 251
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 108
South Asian language 8,523
South Asian language: Urdu 1,531
South Asian language: Hindi 402
South Asian language: Panjabi 1,285
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 69
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 930
South Asian language: Gujarati 223
South Asian language: Marathi 96
South Asian language: Telugu 285
South Asian language: Tamil 511
South Asian language: Malayalam 1,356
South Asian language: Sinhala 121
South Asian language: Nepalese 1,489
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 225
East Asian language 7,451
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 642
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 827
East Asian language: All other Chinese 2,504
East Asian language: Japanese 434
East Asian language: Korean 230
East Asian language: Vietnamese 147
East Asian language: Thai 389
East Asian language: Malay 316
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 770
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 1,192
Oceanic or Australian language 78
North or South American language 3
Caribbean Creole 2
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 2
African language 1,070
African language: Amharic 33
African language: Tigrinya 38
African language: Somali 72
African language: Krio 1
African language: Akan 86
African language: Yoruba 33
African language: Igbo 59
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 155
African language: Luganda 17
African language: Lingala 7
African language: Shona 140
African language: Afrikaans 158
African language: Any other Nigerian language 27
African language: Any other West African language 77
African language: Any other African language 167
Sign language 195
Sign language: British Sign Language 152
Sign language: Any other sign language 6
Sign language: Any sign communication system 37
Other language 74

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