19.3% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kingston · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Kingston
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Kingston speak a language other than English at home than in most similar areas, though this is still well below the state average. Roughly 19.3% of residents use another language, a figure that has risen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 77.3% of people speak only English, 19.3% use another language, with Greek (2.7%) and Mandarin (2.6%) being the most common. Only 2.4% of the population speaks little or no English, which is a little below the Victorian figure.
2.4% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 66% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 Kingston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/20803/kingston/topic/language