8.8% ▲ +27.9%
Lower than 69% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kennedy · Federal Electorate
Language in Kennedy
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary tongue for 80.6% of people in Kennedy. This reflects a community where very few residents use another language at home, though that number has risen slightly over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 8.8% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This is consistent with the fact that just 0.9% of residents speak little or no English.
0.9% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 71% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Kennedy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED317/kennedy/topic/language