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Medway: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Unitary Authorities, ONS Geographic Code: E06000035

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Key Facts

All Residents 279,773
Male 137,127
Female 142,646
Households 111,458
Population Density (people/km2) 1,444.2
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 269,653
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 252,098
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 8
Other UK language 9
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 4
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 1
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 1
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 1
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 2
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 295
Portuguese 533
Spanish 365
Other European language (EU) 8,026
Other European language (EU): Italian 308
Other European language (EU): German 104
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,802
Other European language (EU): Slovak 519
Other European language (EU): Czech 152
Other European language (EU): Romanian 2,064
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 856
Other European language (EU): Latvian 315
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 278
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 1,325
Other European language (EU): Greek 160
Other European language (EU): Dutch 45
Other European language (EU): Swedish 13
Other European language (EU): Danish 6
Other European language (EU): Finnish 9
Other European language (EU): Estonian 16
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 26
Other European language (EU): Maltese 12
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 16
Other European language (non EU) 173
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 130
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 34
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 9
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 51
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 51
Other European language (non-national) 3
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 3
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 657
Turkish 487
Arabic 194
West or Central Asian language 332
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 0
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 67
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 195
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 56
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 14
South Asian language 4,522
South Asian language: Urdu 470
South Asian language: Hindi 151
South Asian language: Panjabi 1,623
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 3
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 570
South Asian language: Gujarati 242
South Asian language: Marathi 20
South Asian language: Telugu 95
South Asian language: Tamil 513
South Asian language: Malayalam 329
South Asian language: Sinhala 48
South Asian language: Nepalese 385
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 73
East Asian language 1,067
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 73
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 176
East Asian language: All other Chinese 323
East Asian language: Japanese 24
East Asian language: Korean 15
East Asian language: Vietnamese 20
East Asian language: Thai 106
East Asian language: Malay 11
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 285
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 34
Oceanic or Australian language 8
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 8
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 8
African language 674
African language: Amharic 8
African language: Tigrinya 11
African language: Somali 2
African language: Krio 4
African language: Akan 64
African language: Yoruba 233
African language: Igbo 122
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 10
African language: Luganda 7
African language: Lingala 6
African language: Shona 56
African language: Afrikaans 40
African language: Any other Nigerian language 28
African language: Any other West African language 38
African language: Any other African language 45
Sign language 122
Sign language: British Sign Language 96
Sign language: Any other sign language 11
Sign language: Any sign communication system 15
Other language 21

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