South West: Main language (detailed)
Location Type: Regions, ONS Geographic Code: E12000009
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Key Facts
All Residents | 5,701,186 |
Male | 2,789,635 |
Female | 2,911,551 |
Households | 2,448,881 |
Population Density (people/km2) | 239.2 |
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Table Code | ts024 |
Issued | 2022-11-29 |
Unit of Measure | Person |
Number of Response Options | 95 |
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 | 5,541,498 |
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English (English or Welsh in Wales) | 5,287,113 |
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) | 993 |
Other UK language | 698 |
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) | 39 |
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) | 18 |
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic | 0 |
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) | 22 |
Other UK language: Cornish | 509 |
Other UK language: Scots | 39 |
Other UK language: Ulster Scots | 2 |
Other UK language: Romany English | 67 |
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant | 2 |
French | 6,201 |
Portuguese | 16,680 |
Spanish | 13,439 |
Other European language (EU) | 122,714 |
Other European language (EU): Italian | 7,654 |
Other European language (EU): German | 3,599 |
Other European language (EU): Polish | 51,937 |
Other European language (EU): Slovak | 2,773 |
Other European language (EU): Czech | 2,154 |
Other European language (EU): Romanian | 25,403 |
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian | 5,288 |
Other European language (EU): Latvian | 2,010 |
Other European language (EU): Hungarian | 7,686 |
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian | 6,813 |
Other European language (EU): Greek | 3,597 |
Other European language (EU): Dutch | 1,459 |
Other European language (EU): Swedish | 736 |
Other European language (EU): Danish | 393 |
Other European language (EU): Finnish | 387 |
Other European language (EU): Estonian | 178 |
Other European language (EU): Slovenian | 152 |
Other European language (EU): Maltese | 119 |
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) | 376 |
Other European language (non EU) | 2,557 |
Other European language (non EU): Albanian | 1,255 |
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian | 608 |
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) | 22 |
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) | 672 |
Other European language (EU and non-EU) | 726 |
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin | 726 |
Other European language (non-national) | 12 |
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language | 10 |
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish | 2 |
Russian | 4,396 |
Turkish | 4,287 |
Arabic | 7,611 |
West or Central Asian language | 5,881 |
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew | 155 |
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish | 2,371 |
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi | 2,192 |
West or Central Asian language: Pashto | 789 |
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language | 374 |
South Asian language | 34,046 |
South Asian language: Urdu | 3,174 |
South Asian language: Hindi | 2,114 |
South Asian language: Panjabi | 2,802 |
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) | 10 |
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) | 4,174 |
South Asian language: Gujarati | 1,982 |
South Asian language: Marathi | 485 |
South Asian language: Telugu | 1,367 |
South Asian language: Tamil | 3,049 |
South Asian language: Malayalam | 5,576 |
South Asian language: Sinhala | 462 |
South Asian language: Nepalese | 6,203 |
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language | 2,648 |
East Asian language | 23,602 |
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese | 1,834 |
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese | 3,572 |
East Asian language: All other Chinese | 7,247 |
East Asian language: Japanese | 1,159 |
East Asian language: Korean | 598 |
East Asian language: Vietnamese | 759 |
East Asian language: Thai | 2,317 |
East Asian language: Malay | 607 |
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino | 4,648 |
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language | 861 |
Oceanic or Australian language | 523 |
North or South American language | 0 |
Caribbean Creole | 50 |
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole | 11 |
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole | 39 |
African language | 7,400 |
African language: Amharic | 126 |
African language: Tigrinya | 278 |
African language: Somali | 3,293 |
African language: Krio | 30 |
African language: Akan | 331 |
African language: Yoruba | 258 |
African language: Igbo | 246 |
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili | 261 |
African language: Luganda | 27 |
African language: Lingala | 40 |
African language: Shona | 558 |
African language: Afrikaans | 618 |
African language: Any other Nigerian language | 93 |
African language: Any other West African language | 601 |
African language: Any other African language | 640 |
Sign language | 2,234 |
Sign language: British Sign Language | 1,720 |
Sign language: Any other sign language | 141 |
Sign language: Any sign communication system | 373 |
Other language | 335 |
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