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Swansea: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: W06000011

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Key Facts

All Residents 238,490
Male 117,524
Female 120,966
Households 104,962
Population Density (people/km2) 631.5
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 231,893
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 220,870
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 0
Other UK language 9
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 2
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 1
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 6
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 179
Portuguese 243
Spanish 347
Other European language (EU) 3,984
Other European language (EU): Italian 326
Other European language (EU): German 119
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,863
Other European language (EU): Slovak 29
Other European language (EU): Czech 66
Other European language (EU): Romanian 773
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 141
Other European language (EU): Latvian 85
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 139
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 123
Other European language (EU): Greek 204
Other European language (EU): Dutch 51
Other European language (EU): Swedish 30
Other European language (EU): Danish 10
Other European language (EU): Finnish 6
Other European language (EU): Estonian 4
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 3
Other European language (EU): Maltese 2
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 10
Other European language (non EU) 80
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 40
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 12
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 28
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 21
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 21
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 240
Turkish 307
Arabic 1,109
West or Central Asian language 655
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 6
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 346
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 269
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 16
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 18
South Asian language 1,937
South Asian language: Urdu 184
South Asian language: Hindi 79
South Asian language: Panjabi 199
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 803
South Asian language: Gujarati 29
South Asian language: Marathi 15
South Asian language: Telugu 60
South Asian language: Tamil 254
South Asian language: Malayalam 219
South Asian language: Sinhala 30
South Asian language: Nepalese 24
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 41
East Asian language 1,555
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 141
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 234
East Asian language: All other Chinese 663
East Asian language: Japanese 47
East Asian language: Korean 34
East Asian language: Vietnamese 33
East Asian language: Thai 102
East Asian language: Malay 25
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 233
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 43
Oceanic or Australian language 0
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 2
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 2
African language 233
African language: Amharic 25
African language: Tigrinya 61
African language: Somali 17
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 5
African language: Yoruba 12
African language: Igbo 4
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 10
African language: Luganda 1
African language: Lingala 10
African language: Shona 25
African language: Afrikaans 14
African language: Any other Nigerian language 3
African language: Any other West African language 9
African language: Any other African language 37
Sign language 93
Sign language: British Sign Language 65
Sign language: Any other sign language 10
Sign language: Any sign communication system 18
Other language 29

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