42.4% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 45.4%
- 2016: 47.5%
- 2021: 42.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kingsbury · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Kingsbury
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people speak a language other than English at home in Kingsbury than in most similar areas. About 42.4% of residents use another language, though this has fallen slightly since 2011. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than the typical Victorian suburb.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 52.5% of residents, with Mandarin (9.8%), Vietnamese (3.7%), Italian (3.4%), and Greek (3.0%) also common. Around 7.6% of people speak little or no English, which is well above the national figure of 3.4%.
7.6% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 7.6%
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 Kingsbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209021205/kingsbury/topic/language