54.2% ▲ +22.7%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.2%
- 2016: 50.1%
- 2021: 54.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
East Killara · Suburb / Locality
Language in East Killara
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of the people in East Killara use a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its type. The community is strongly multilingual, with many residents speaking both English and another language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin (21.8%) and Cantonese (15.9%) are the most common non-English languages. This diversity is reflected in the 9.5% of residents who speak little or no English, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.
9.5% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 9.5%
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 East Killara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11358/east-killara/topic/language