5.1% ▲ +90.6%
Lower than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kingaroy · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Kingaroy
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people speak a language other than English in Kingaroy compared to the rest of the country. Only 5.1% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This creates a community where English is the dominant means of communication for the vast majority.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 88.3% of residents, and the 5.1% who speak another language at home is much lower than in most similar areas, though this figure rose 2.4 percentage points since 2011. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.7% speaking little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.7% ▲ +61.9%
Lower than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Kingaroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/319021505/kingaroy/topic/language