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Torfaen: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: W06000020

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Key Facts

All Residents 92,276
Male 44,867
Female 47,409
Households 40,241
Population Density (people/km2) 734.4
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 89,377
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 88,059
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 0
Other UK language 4
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 0
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 4
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 0
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 17
Portuguese 37
Spanish 23
Other European language (EU) 494
Other European language (EU): Italian 17
Other European language (EU): German 23
Other European language (EU): Polish 196
Other European language (EU): Slovak 28
Other European language (EU): Czech 23
Other European language (EU): Romanian 65
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 47
Other European language (EU): Latvian 4
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 55
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 8
Other European language (EU): Greek 10
Other European language (EU): Dutch 7
Other European language (EU): Swedish 3
Other European language (EU): Danish 0
Other European language (EU): Finnish 0
Other European language (EU): Estonian 8
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 0
Other European language (EU): Maltese 0
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 0
Other European language (non EU) 16
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 9
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 2
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 5
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 3
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 3
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 17
Turkish 24
Arabic 34
West or Central Asian language 20
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 0
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 17
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 2
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 0
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 1
South Asian language 392
South Asian language: Urdu 15
South Asian language: Hindi 10
South Asian language: Panjabi 23
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 31
South Asian language: Gujarati 20
South Asian language: Marathi 0
South Asian language: Telugu 2
South Asian language: Tamil 24
South Asian language: Malayalam 8
South Asian language: Sinhala 7
South Asian language: Nepalese 250
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 2
East Asian language 175
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 18
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 24
East Asian language: All other Chinese 55
East Asian language: Japanese 2
East Asian language: Korean 1
East Asian language: Vietnamese 9
East Asian language: Thai 40
East Asian language: Malay 1
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 24
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 1
Oceanic or Australian language 7
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 0
African language 7
African language: Amharic 0
African language: Tigrinya 0
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 0
African language: Yoruba 2
African language: Igbo 0
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 0
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 2
African language: Afrikaans 3
African language: Any other Nigerian language 0
African language: Any other West African language 0
African language: Any other African language 0
Sign language 34
Sign language: British Sign Language 30
Sign language: Any other sign language 1
Sign language: Any sign communication system 3
Other language 14

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