Frequently Asked Questions

1. How many languages are spoken in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea?
2. What is the country of birth, ethnic group and main religions of the Royal Borough?
3. Which are the most commonly practised religions in the Royal Borough?
4. My organisation wants to implement an ethnic monitoring system. Which categories would be most relevant in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea?

1. How many languages are spoken in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea?

There are over 100 languages used by residents of the Royal Borough. The most commonly spoken languages are: English, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Tagalog, Bengali and Somali

2. What is the country of birth, ethnic group and main religions of the Royal Borough?

These figures and the pie charts that you can download below are taken from the National Census survey which was undertaken in 2001. According to the Census the population for the Royal Borough was 158,919 and there are 79,144 households.

You can download and print pdfs of pie charts with the following population data:

• Royal Borough population by country of birth (8.1Kb) [PDF file]
• Royal Borough population by ethnic group (6.9Kb) [PDF file]
• Royal Borough population by religion (6.2Kb) [PDF file]

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3. Which are the most commonly practised religions in the Royal Borough?

Christianity, Islam, Sikh, Hinduism, Judaism and Rastafarian.

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4. My organisation wants to implement an ethnic monitoring system. Which categories would be most relevant in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea?

The Community Relations Section recommend that organisations add the following additional categories to the 10 main ethnic categories contained in the 2001 Census (listed above):

• Moroccan
• Other Arabic
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• Horn of Africa
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• Eastern Europe
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• Iberian Peninsula
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• Latin America
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• Philippines
• Iranian