Census Data

Merthyr Tydfil: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: W06000024

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Key Facts

All Residents 58,836
Male 28,753
Female 30,086
Households 25,785
Population Density (people/km2) 528.2
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 56,960
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 54,784
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 0
Other UK language 0
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 0
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 0
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 8
Portuguese 275
Spanish 12
Other European language (EU) 1,413
Other European language (EU): Italian 20
Other European language (EU): German 7
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,092
Other European language (EU): Slovak 11
Other European language (EU): Czech 3
Other European language (EU): Romanian 76
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 8
Other European language (EU): Latvian 0
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 51
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 135
Other European language (EU): Greek 3
Other European language (EU): Dutch 2
Other European language (EU): Swedish 2
Other European language (EU): Danish 0
Other European language (EU): Finnish 0
Other European language (EU): Estonian 0
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 2
Other European language (EU): Maltese 1
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 0
Other European language (non EU) 1
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 0
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 0
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 1
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 2
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 2
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 2
Turkish 41
Arabic 19
West or Central Asian language 9
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 0
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 3
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 6
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 0
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 0
South Asian language 211
South Asian language: Urdu 13
South Asian language: Hindi 9
South Asian language: Panjabi 34
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 13
South Asian language: Gujarati 0
South Asian language: Marathi 2
South Asian language: Telugu 4
South Asian language: Tamil 31
South Asian language: Malayalam 99
South Asian language: Sinhala 1
South Asian language: Nepalese 4
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 1
East Asian language 140
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 12
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 15
East Asian language: All other Chinese 41
East Asian language: Japanese 3
East Asian language: Korean 0
East Asian language: Vietnamese 12
East Asian language: Thai 8
East Asian language: Malay 14
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 32
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 3
Oceanic or Australian language 0
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 11
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 0
African language: Afrikaans 4
African language: Any other Nigerian language 0
African language: Any other West African language 1
African language: Any other African language 4
Sign language 27
Sign language: British Sign Language 17
Sign language: Any other sign language 5
Sign language: Any sign communication system 5
Other language 5

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