4.0% ▲ +50.0%
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kentish · Council (LGA)
Language in Kentish
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 4% of people in Kentish use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes it one of the most linguistically uniform areas in the region, although the number of people speaking other languages has risen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 88% of residents. Very few people speak little or no English (0.3%), a figure that is well below the national average and has barely changed since 2016.
0.3% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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 Kentish [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA63210/kentish/topic/language