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Swale: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000113

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Key Facts

All Residents 151,676
Male 75,316
Female 76,361
Households 60,494
Population Density (people/km2) 406.2
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 146,482
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 140,922
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 2
Other UK language 7
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) 1
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 0
French 71
Portuguese 103
Spanish 79
Other European language (EU) 3,642
Other European language (EU): Italian 64
Other European language (EU): German 35
Other European language (EU): Polish 985
Other European language (EU): Slovak 69
Other European language (EU): Czech 32
Other European language (EU): Romanian 1,065
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 523
Other European language (EU): Latvian 179
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 71
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 557
Other European language (EU): Greek 17
Other European language (EU): Dutch 23
Other European language (EU): Swedish 4
Other European language (EU): Danish 0
Other European language (EU): Finnish 2
Other European language (EU): Estonian 1
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 1
Other European language (EU): Maltese 8
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 6
Other European language (non EU) 53
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 39
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 8
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 1
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 5
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) 1
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 1
Russian 305
Turkish 160
Arabic 111
West or Central Asian language 77
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 1
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 32
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 26
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 7
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 11
South Asian language 477
South Asian language: Urdu 34
South Asian language: Hindi 15
South Asian language: Panjabi 52
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 122
South Asian language: Gujarati 51
South Asian language: Marathi 0
South Asian language: Telugu 14
South Asian language: Tamil 161
South Asian language: Malayalam 10
South Asian language: Sinhala 8
South Asian language: Nepalese 6
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 4
East Asian language 276
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 21
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 63
East Asian language: All other Chinese 74
East Asian language: Japanese 15
East Asian language: Korean 3
East Asian language: Vietnamese 29
East Asian language: Thai 31
East Asian language: Malay 2
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 31
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 7
Oceanic or Australian language 3
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 107
African language: Amharic 0
African language: Tigrinya 5
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 9
African language: Yoruba 27
African language: Igbo 12
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 4
African language: Luganda 1
African language: Lingala 2
African language: Shona 12
African language: Afrikaans 20
African language: Any other Nigerian language 1
African language: Any other West African language 5
African language: Any other African language 9
Sign language 70
Sign language: British Sign Language 48
Sign language: Any other sign language 5
Sign language: Any sign communication system 17
Other language 4

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