4.5% ▲ +19.6%
Lower than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kiama · Council (LGA)
Language in Kiama
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Around the middle of similar areas for language diversity, Kiama is a place where English is the dominant tongue. Only 4.5% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 91% of residents, and very few people—just 0.4%—speak little or no English. This is well below the 3.4% national average, and the number of people using a language other than English has barely changed since 2011.
0.4% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Kiama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA14400/kiama/topic/language