26.0% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 26.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kingston · Council (LGA)
Language in Kingston
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A well above average share of people in Kingston use a language other than English at home, with 26.0% of residents doing so. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most other Australian regions. English remains the most common language, though the use of other tongues has risen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 26.0% of people speak another language at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is spoken by 70.5% of residents, Greek (4.2%) and Mandarin (3.5%) are common alternatives; meanwhile, 4.0% of the population speak little or no English.
4.0% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Kingston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA23430/kingston/topic/language