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Folkestone and Hythe: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000112

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Key Facts

All Residents 109,758
Male 53,575
Female 56,183
Households 48,338
Population Density (people/km2) 307.5
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 106,771
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 101,622
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 11
Other UK language 10
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 1
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 1
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 2
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 1
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 4
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 1
French 164
Portuguese 105
Spanish 110
Other European language (EU) 1,606
Other European language (EU): Italian 82
Other European language (EU): German 68
Other European language (EU): Polish 304
Other European language (EU): Slovak 235
Other European language (EU): Czech 194
Other European language (EU): Romanian 310
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 82
Other European language (EU): Latvian 16
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 128
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 79
Other European language (EU): Greek 36
Other European language (EU): Dutch 40
Other European language (EU): Swedish 7
Other European language (EU): Danish 10
Other European language (EU): Finnish 8
Other European language (EU): Estonian 3
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 2
Other European language (EU): Maltese 1
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 1
Other European language (non EU) 61
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 44
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 6
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 11
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 11
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 11
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 69
Turkish 85
Arabic 77
West or Central Asian language 153
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 1
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 88
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 45
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 17
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 2
South Asian language 2,240
South Asian language: Urdu 56
South Asian language: Hindi 13
South Asian language: Panjabi 15
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 52
South Asian language: Gujarati 29
South Asian language: Marathi 11
South Asian language: Telugu 9
South Asian language: Tamil 77
South Asian language: Malayalam 32
South Asian language: Sinhala 4
South Asian language: Nepalese 1,938
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 4
East Asian language 310
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 27
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 54
East Asian language: All other Chinese 58
East Asian language: Japanese 14
East Asian language: Korean 0
East Asian language: Vietnamese 23
East Asian language: Thai 35
East Asian language: Malay 2
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 85
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 12
Oceanic or Australian language 4
North or South American language 1
Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 0
African language 66
African language: Amharic 3
African language: Tigrinya 7
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 2
African language: Akan 2
African language: Yoruba 1
African language: Igbo 2
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 3
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 0
African language: Shona 3
African language: Afrikaans 16
African language: Any other Nigerian language 5
African language: Any other West African language 8
African language: Any other African language 14
Sign language 51
Sign language: British Sign Language 34
Sign language: Any other sign language 3
Sign language: Any sign communication system 14
Other language 15

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