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Canterbury: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000106

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Key Facts

All Residents 157,432
Male 75,583
Female 81,846
Households 63,792
Population Density (people/km2) 509.9
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 153,463
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 145,109
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 9
Other UK language 7
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 5
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 0
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 1
Other UK language: Cornish 0
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 400
Portuguese 295
Spanish 404
Other European language (EU) 3,433
Other European language (EU): Italian 352
Other European language (EU): German 178
Other European language (EU): Polish 550
Other European language (EU): Slovak 81
Other European language (EU): Czech 48
Other European language (EU): Romanian 1,062
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 99
Other European language (EU): Latvian 46
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 107
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 443
Other European language (EU): Greek 285
Other European language (EU): Dutch 86
Other European language (EU): Swedish 29
Other European language (EU): Danish 15
Other European language (EU): Finnish 23
Other European language (EU): Estonian 9
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 7
Other European language (EU): Maltese 2
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 11
Other European language (non EU) 171
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 116
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 8
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 47
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 182
Turkish 277
Arabic 376
West or Central Asian language 295
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 7
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 96
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 126
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 39
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 27
South Asian language 1,208
South Asian language: Urdu 106
South Asian language: Hindi 40
South Asian language: Panjabi 58
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 118
South Asian language: Gujarati 55
South Asian language: Marathi 10
South Asian language: Telugu 16
South Asian language: Tamil 163
South Asian language: Malayalam 216
South Asian language: Sinhala 42
South Asian language: Nepalese 345
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 39
East Asian language 945
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 89
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 177
East Asian language: All other Chinese 354
East Asian language: Japanese 68
East Asian language: Korean 40
East Asian language: Vietnamese 41
East Asian language: Thai 72
East Asian language: Malay 15
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 57
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 32
Oceanic or Australian language 1
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 211
African language: Amharic 12
African language: Tigrinya 50
African language: Somali 6
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 15
African language: Yoruba 8
African language: Igbo 18
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 13
African language: Luganda 2
African language: Lingala 4
African language: Shona 20
African language: Afrikaans 24
African language: Any other Nigerian language 4
African language: Any other West African language 8
African language: Any other African language 27
Sign language 53
Sign language: British Sign Language 41
Sign language: Any other sign language 3
Sign language: Any sign communication system 9
Other language 16

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