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Cardiff: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: W06000015

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Key Facts

All Residents 362,308
Male 176,850
Female 185,460
Households 147,333
Population Density (people/km2) 2,571.3
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 351,238
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 320,150
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 0
Other UK language 39
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 11
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 2
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 1
Other UK language: Cornish 2
Other UK language: Scots 4
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 1
Other UK language: Romany English 18
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 575
Portuguese 1,194
Spanish 1,282
Other European language (EU) 7,646
Other European language (EU): Italian 1,006
Other European language (EU): German 264
Other European language (EU): Polish 2,566
Other European language (EU): Slovak 257
Other European language (EU): Czech 595
Other European language (EU): Romanian 1,086
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 230
Other European language (EU): Latvian 66
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 350
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 253
Other European language (EU): Greek 663
Other European language (EU): Dutch 111
Other European language (EU): Swedish 62
Other European language (EU): Danish 22
Other European language (EU): Finnish 25
Other European language (EU): Estonian 10
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 14
Other European language (EU): Maltese 14
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 52
Other European language (non EU) 354
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 269
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 32
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 53
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 63
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 63
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 347
Turkish 419
Arabic 4,945
West or Central Asian language 2,227
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 17
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 855
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 866
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 421
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 68
South Asian language 6,712
South Asian language: Urdu 1,154
South Asian language: Hindi 343
South Asian language: Panjabi 678
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 3
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 2,115
South Asian language: Gujarati 484
South Asian language: Marathi 82
South Asian language: Telugu 302
South Asian language: Tamil 456
South Asian language: Malayalam 563
South Asian language: Sinhala 99
South Asian language: Nepalese 202
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 231
East Asian language 3,268
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 355
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 482
East Asian language: All other Chinese 1,577
East Asian language: Japanese 122
East Asian language: Korean 62
East Asian language: Vietnamese 92
East Asian language: Thai 111
East Asian language: Malay 118
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 294
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 55
Oceanic or Australian language 1
North or South American language 2
Caribbean Creole 1
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 1
African language 1,789
African language: Amharic 112
African language: Tigrinya 330
African language: Somali 790
African language: Krio 3
African language: Akan 34
African language: Yoruba 56
African language: Igbo 36
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 72
African language: Luganda 5
African language: Lingala 35
African language: Shona 46
African language: Afrikaans 27
African language: Any other Nigerian language 17
African language: Any other West African language 106
African language: Any other African language 120
Sign language 155
Sign language: British Sign Language 115
Sign language: Any other sign language 22
Sign language: Any sign communication system 18
Other language 69

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