16.8% —
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kingston · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Kingston
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language spoken in Kingston, where 73.8% of people use it as their only language at home. This means the area is more likely to speak only English than the typical resident in the ACT or Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 16.8% of people use another language at home, which is well below the ACT figure of 24.6% and has risen slightly since 2016. Only 0.9% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed in five years.
0.9% ▲ +2.5%
Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Kingston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801061131/kingston/topic/language