Census Data

Maidstone: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000110

Maidstone added to comparison list.

Go to comparison

Key Facts

All Residents 175,782
Male 86,964
Female 88,818
Households 71,209
Population Density (people/km2) 446.9
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 169,699
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 156,418
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 7
Other UK language 4
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 1
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 3
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 213
Portuguese 457
Spanish 293
Other European language (EU) 6,632
Other European language (EU): Italian 194
Other European language (EU): German 78
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,901
Other European language (EU): Slovak 72
Other European language (EU): Czech 47
Other European language (EU): Romanian 1,736
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 617
Other European language (EU): Latvian 177
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 427
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 1,120
Other European language (EU): Greek 180
Other European language (EU): Dutch 24
Other European language (EU): Swedish 16
Other European language (EU): Danish 10
Other European language (EU): Finnish 5
Other European language (EU): Estonian 16
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 2
Other European language (EU): Maltese 1
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 9
Other European language (non EU) 295
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 241
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 46
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 8
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 57
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 57
Other European language (non-national) 1
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 1
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 351
Turkish 237
Arabic 148
West or Central Asian language 519
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 4
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 94
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 305
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 85
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 31
South Asian language 3,263
South Asian language: Urdu 94
South Asian language: Hindi 49
South Asian language: Panjabi 79
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 4
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 190
South Asian language: Gujarati 56
South Asian language: Marathi 9
South Asian language: Telugu 33
South Asian language: Tamil 260
South Asian language: Malayalam 462
South Asian language: Sinhala 32
South Asian language: Nepalese 1,969
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 26
East Asian language 521
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 38
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 155
East Asian language: All other Chinese 95
East Asian language: Japanese 20
East Asian language: Korean 5
East Asian language: Vietnamese 14
East Asian language: Thai 61
East Asian language: Malay 4
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 117
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 12
Oceanic or Australian language 2
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 3
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 3
African language 203
African language: Amharic 7
African language: Tigrinya 27
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 3
African language: Yoruba 14
African language: Igbo 8
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 5
African language: Luganda 1
African language: Lingala 6
African language: Shona 65
African language: Afrikaans 40
African language: Any other Nigerian language 9
African language: Any other West African language 4
African language: Any other African language 14
Sign language 64
Sign language: British Sign Language 44
Sign language: Any other sign language 2
Sign language: Any sign communication system 18
Other language 11

Bar chart not showing properly? Data with large numbers of options really needs a wider screen. Try rotating your fondleslab into landscape mode and refreshing the page.

censusdata.uk is a Good Stuff website

216.73.217.20 Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:48:59 +0100