12.8% ▲ +45.1%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kalgoorlie-Boulder · Council (LGA)
Language in Kalgoorlie-Boulder
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people use a language other than English at home in Kalgoorlie-Boulder than in most similar areas. While 12.8% of residents speak another language, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. English remains the dominant tongue, though the use of other languages has risen since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 12.8% of people use a language other than English at home, and 76.1% speak English only. Despite being higher than most similar areas, this is well below the Western Australian figure of 18.4%. Only 1.0% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.0% ▲ +17.2%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Kalgoorlie-Boulder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA54280/kalgoorlie-boulder/topic/language