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Kangaroo Island · Council (LGA)

Language in Kangaroo Island

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Only 4.1% of people in Kangaroo Island use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia. English is the dominant language spoken across the island.

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📍 Kangaroo Island, Council (LGA)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken exclusively by 87.7% of residents, while just 0.4% of people speak little or no English. This last figure is well below the Australian average of 3.4% and has barely changed since 2016.

People using another language at home

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4.1% ▲ +24.2%

Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.4% ▲ +1.1%

Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Kangaroo Island, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 1%.

English only 87.7% Italian 0.5% Mandarin 0.2% Vietnamese 0.2% Punjabi 0.1% Tagalog 0.1% Greek 0.1%

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 Kangaroo Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA42750/kangaroo-island/topic/language