34.2% ▲ +1287.8%
Higher than 79% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 36.4%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kingsford Smith · Federal Electorate
Language in Kingsford Smith
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge 32 percentage point rise since 2011 means Kingsford Smith has become far more linguistically diverse. Now, 34.2% of people speak a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 59.7% of residents speak only English, Mandarin is the most common second language at 5.1%. This high diversity is seen alongside a much higher share of people who speak little or no English compared to most areas, though this figure has barely changed since 2016.
4.2% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 75% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Kingsford Smith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED122/kingsford-smith/topic/language