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Kingston upon Thames: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: London Boroughs, ONS Geographic Code: E09000021

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Key Facts

All Residents 168,063
Male 81,016
Female 87,047
Households 65,626
Population Density (people/km2) 4,512.1
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 162,499
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 134,395
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 26
Other UK language 8
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 0
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 2
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 6
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 582
Portuguese 1,377
Spanish 1,234
Other European language (EU) 7,661
Other European language (EU): Italian 1,020
Other European language (EU): German 601
Other European language (EU): Polish 1,699
Other European language (EU): Slovak 111
Other European language (EU): Czech 86
Other European language (EU): Romanian 865
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 350
Other European language (EU): Latvian 58
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 498
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 1,456
Other European language (EU): Greek 586
Other European language (EU): Dutch 89
Other European language (EU): Swedish 85
Other European language (EU): Danish 34
Other European language (EU): Finnish 47
Other European language (EU): Estonian 24
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 13
Other European language (EU): Maltese 8
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 31
Other European language (non EU) 689
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 428
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 141
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 7
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 113
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 128
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 128
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 636
Turkish 646
Arabic 1,766
West or Central Asian language 1,582
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 19
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 298
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 809
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 363
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 93
South Asian language 6,240
South Asian language: Urdu 1,109
South Asian language: Hindi 289
South Asian language: Panjabi 480
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 318
South Asian language: Gujarati 499
South Asian language: Marathi 80
South Asian language: Telugu 131
South Asian language: Tamil 2,593
South Asian language: Malayalam 314
South Asian language: Sinhala 195
South Asian language: Nepalese 113
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 119
East Asian language 5,065
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 167
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 633
East Asian language: All other Chinese 918
East Asian language: Japanese 290
East Asian language: Korean 2,113
East Asian language: Vietnamese 86
East Asian language: Thai 127
East Asian language: Malay 33
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 643
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 55
Oceanic or Australian language 2
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 17
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 17
African language 356
African language: Amharic 19
African language: Tigrinya 25
African language: Somali 74
African language: Krio 3
African language: Akan 23
African language: Yoruba 7
African language: Igbo 4
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 16
African language: Luganda 32
African language: Lingala 13
African language: Shona 21
African language: Afrikaans 66
African language: Any other Nigerian language 6
African language: Any other West African language 16
African language: Any other African language 31
Sign language 71
Sign language: British Sign Language 57
Sign language: Any other sign language 2
Sign language: Any sign communication system 12
Other language 18

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