11.2% ▲ +36.8%
Lower than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kelmscott · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Kelmscott
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About the same as similar areas, Kelmscott has a population where most people speak English. While 11.2% of residents use another language at home, this figure is far below the national average of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 81.4% of the area, and the number of people using other languages rose 3.0 percentage points since 2011. Very few residents struggle with English, with only 1.4% speaking little or no English, a figure slightly below the Australian average.
1.4% ▼ -25.6%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Kelmscott [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/506011114/kelmscott/topic/language