2.9% ▲ +51.2%
Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kempsey · Council (LGA)
Language in Kempsey
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Very few residents speak a language other than English in Kempsey compared to most similar areas. Only 2.9% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This reflects a community where English is the dominant means of communication.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 87.1% of people, and the 2.9% who speak another language is far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%, though this rose slightly since 2011. Only 0.3% of residents speak little or no English, a figure well below the national average that has barely changed since 2016.
0.3% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Kempsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14350/kempsey/topic/language