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Ashford: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000105

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Key Facts

All Residents 132,747
Male 64,591
Female 68,156
Households 53,583
Population Density (people/km2) 228.6
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 128,379
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 119,669
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 5
Other UK language 3
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) 1
Other UK language: Cornish 1
Other UK language: Scots 0
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 1
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 279
Portuguese 170
Spanish 149
Other European language (EU) 2,372
Other European language (EU): Italian 96
Other European language (EU): German 66
Other European language (EU): Polish 914
Other European language (EU): Slovak 52
Other European language (EU): Czech 23
Other European language (EU): Romanian 488
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 136
Other European language (EU): Latvian 43
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 166
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 186
Other European language (EU): Greek 92
Other European language (EU): Dutch 52
Other European language (EU): Swedish 18
Other European language (EU): Danish 13
Other European language (EU): Finnish 8
Other European language (EU): Estonian 7
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 5
Other European language (EU): Maltese 2
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 5
Other European language (non EU) 107
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 95
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 3
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) 22
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 22
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 144
Turkish 133
Arabic 251
West or Central Asian language 146
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 1
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 99
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 23
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 18
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 5
South Asian language 4,233
South Asian language: Urdu 99
South Asian language: Hindi 45
South Asian language: Panjabi 54
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 124
South Asian language: Gujarati 25
South Asian language: Marathi 9
South Asian language: Telugu 27
South Asian language: Tamil 238
South Asian language: Malayalam 313
South Asian language: Sinhala 20
South Asian language: Nepalese 3,187
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 92
East Asian language 399
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 35
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 62
East Asian language: All other Chinese 133
East Asian language: Japanese 20
East Asian language: Korean 7
East Asian language: Vietnamese 35
East Asian language: Thai 27
East Asian language: Malay 5
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 68
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 7
Oceanic or Australian language 0
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 1
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 1
African language 220
African language: Amharic 0
African language: Tigrinya 34
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 21
African language: Yoruba 24
African language: Igbo 25
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 3
African language: Luganda 3
African language: Lingala 2
African language: Shona 46
African language: Afrikaans 33
African language: Any other Nigerian language 10
African language: Any other West African language 9
African language: Any other African language 10
Sign language 57
Sign language: British Sign Language 46
Sign language: Any other sign language 0
Sign language: Any sign communication system 11
Other language 19

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