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Suffolk: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Counties, ONS Geographic Code: E10000029

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Key Facts

All Residents 760,688
Male 374,712
Female 385,976
Households 333,543
Population Density (people/km2) 200.2
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 739,026
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 705,408
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 47
Other UK language 39
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 1
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 3
Other UK language: Cornish 1
Other UK language: Scots 9
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 25
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 429
Portuguese 3,345
Spanish 825
Other European language (EU) 18,038
Other European language (EU): Italian 552
Other European language (EU): German 291
Other European language (EU): Polish 5,761
Other European language (EU): Slovak 231
Other European language (EU): Czech 175
Other European language (EU): Romanian 5,521
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 2,479
Other European language (EU): Latvian 508
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 910
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 874
Other European language (EU): Greek 308
Other European language (EU): Dutch 149
Other European language (EU): Swedish 94
Other European language (EU): Danish 48
Other European language (EU): Finnish 27
Other European language (EU): Estonian 16
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 15
Other European language (EU): Maltese 21
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 58
Other European language (non EU) 325
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 251
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 43
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 2
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 29
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 96
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 96
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 848
Turkish 798
Arabic 462
West or Central Asian language 1,314
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 12
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 881
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 246
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 125
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 50
South Asian language 3,698
South Asian language: Urdu 350
South Asian language: Hindi 216
South Asian language: Panjabi 139
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 841
South Asian language: Gujarati 148
South Asian language: Marathi 81
South Asian language: Telugu 148
South Asian language: Tamil 554
South Asian language: Malayalam 802
South Asian language: Sinhala 94
South Asian language: Nepalese 236
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 89
East Asian language 2,523
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 193
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 327
East Asian language: All other Chinese 568
East Asian language: Japanese 93
East Asian language: Korean 36
East Asian language: Vietnamese 77
East Asian language: Thai 290
East Asian language: Malay 33
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 817
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 89
Oceanic or Australian language 30
North or South American language 1
Caribbean Creole 14
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 1
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 13
African language 515
African language: Amharic 13
African language: Tigrinya 40
African language: Somali 10
African language: Krio 3
African language: Akan 6
African language: Yoruba 31
African language: Igbo 21
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 17
African language: Luganda 8
African language: Lingala 3
African language: Shona 101
African language: Afrikaans 101
African language: Any other Nigerian language 4
African language: Any other West African language 55
African language: Any other African language 102
Sign language 241
Sign language: British Sign Language 188
Sign language: Any other sign language 15
Sign language: Any sign communication system 38
Other language 30

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