6.9% ▲ +33.7%
Lower than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 6.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Port Kennedy · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Port Kennedy
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Port Kennedy compared to the rest of the state. Only 6.9% of residents use another language at home, which is 15 percentage points below the national figure. Most households rely solely on English to communicate.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While the use of other languages rose slightly since 2011, English only is used by 87.5% of the population. This helps explain why the 0.7% of people who speak little or no English is lower than most areas.
0.7% ▲ +40.9%
Lower than 68% 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 Port Kennedy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/507051187/port-kennedy/topic/language