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Kent: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Counties, ONS Geographic Code: E10000016

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Key Facts

All Residents 1,576,069
Male 768,386
Female 807,683
Households 648,393
Population Density (people/km2) 444.7
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 1,525,271
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 1,437,219
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 72
Other UK language 70
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 10
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 5
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 11
Other UK language: Cornish 1
Other UK language: Scots 8
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 34
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 1
French 2,222
Portuguese 2,501
Spanish 2,267
Other European language (EU) 38,511
Other European language (EU): Italian 1,839
Other European language (EU): German 903
Other European language (EU): Polish 10,455
Other European language (EU): Slovak 2,286
Other European language (EU): Czech 927
Other European language (EU): Romanian 9,280
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 3,549
Other European language (EU): Latvian 1,156
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 1,872
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 4,068
Other European language (EU): Greek 1,053
Other European language (EU): Dutch 491
Other European language (EU): Swedish 220
Other European language (EU): Danish 99
Other European language (EU): Finnish 96
Other European language (EU): Estonian 68
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 62
Other European language (EU): Maltese 29
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 58
Other European language (non EU) 1,277
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 922
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 202
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 3
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 150
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 338
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 338
Other European language (non-national) 2
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 1
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 1
Russian 2,678
Turkish 1,934
Arabic 1,676
West or Central Asian language 2,387
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 37
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 793
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 1,038
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 375
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 144
South Asian language 23,540
South Asian language: Urdu 1,009
South Asian language: Hindi 675
South Asian language: Panjabi 4,798
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 5
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 1,566
South Asian language: Gujarati 598
South Asian language: Marathi 141
South Asian language: Telugu 694
South Asian language: Tamil 2,888
South Asian language: Malayalam 1,807
South Asian language: Sinhala 252
South Asian language: Nepalese 8,763
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 344
East Asian language 5,599
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 493
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 1,119
East Asian language: All other Chinese 1,488
East Asian language: Japanese 312
East Asian language: Korean 116
East Asian language: Vietnamese 275
East Asian language: Thai 554
East Asian language: Malay 79
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 1,002
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 161
Oceanic or Australian language 14
North or South American language 1
Caribbean Creole 33
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 1
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 32
African language 2,080
African language: Amharic 48
African language: Tigrinya 206
African language: Somali 7
African language: Krio 24
African language: Akan 151
African language: Yoruba 308
African language: Igbo 232
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 52
African language: Luganda 27
African language: Lingala 18
African language: Shona 282
African language: Afrikaans 430
African language: Any other Nigerian language 45
African language: Any other West African language 95
African language: Any other African language 155
Sign language 713
Sign language: British Sign Language 545
Sign language: Any other sign language 36
Sign language: Any sign communication system 132
Other language 137

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