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Thanet: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000114

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Key Facts

All Residents 140,587
Male 67,660
Female 72,927
Households 62,200
Population Density (people/km2) 1,356.9
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 136,272
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 129,876
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 11
Other UK language 8
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) 1
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 2
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 3
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 120
Portuguese 80
Spanish 139
Other European language (EU) 3,476
Other European language (EU): Italian 122
Other European language (EU): German 67
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,003
Other European language (EU): Slovak 563
Other European language (EU): Czech 237
Other European language (EU): Romanian 355
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 246
Other European language (EU): Latvian 358
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 113
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 229
Other European language (EU): Greek 108
Other European language (EU): Dutch 24
Other European language (EU): Swedish 19
Other European language (EU): Danish 4
Other European language (EU): Finnish 9
Other European language (EU): Estonian 11
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 8
Other European language (EU): Maltese 0
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 0
Other European language (non EU) 81
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 63
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 11
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 1
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 6
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 52
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 52
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 290
Turkish 305
Arabic 148
West or Central Asian language 207
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 2
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 52
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 102
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 39
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 12
South Asian language 765
South Asian language: Urdu 81
South Asian language: Hindi 43
South Asian language: Panjabi 31
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 1
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 108
South Asian language: Gujarati 56
South Asian language: Marathi 6
South Asian language: Telugu 8
South Asian language: Tamil 214
South Asian language: Malayalam 123
South Asian language: Sinhala 13
South Asian language: Nepalese 73
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 8
East Asian language 443
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 49
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 77
East Asian language: All other Chinese 82
East Asian language: Japanese 26
East Asian language: Korean 11
East Asian language: Vietnamese 29
East Asian language: Thai 55
East Asian language: Malay 7
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 94
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 13
Oceanic or Australian language 0
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 0
African language 88
African language: Amharic 1
African language: Tigrinya 3
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 2
African language: Yoruba 11
African language: Igbo 6
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 6
African language: Luganda 2
African language: Lingala 1
African language: Shona 6
African language: Afrikaans 21
African language: Any other Nigerian language 1
African language: Any other West African language 14
African language: Any other African language 14
Sign language 173
Sign language: British Sign Language 145
Sign language: Any other sign language 3
Sign language: Any sign communication system 25
Other language 10

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