Kanahooka · Suburb / Locality

Language in Kanahooka

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant language spoken in Kanahooka, where 88.2% of residents use it as their only language at home. While a small number of people use other languages, this is still higher than in most similar areas.

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📍 Kanahooka, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 8.2% of people speak another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Only 0.8% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas but well below the New South Wales average.

8.2% ▲ +4.2%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.9%
  • 2016: 8.1%
  • 2021: 8.2%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.8% ▼ -9.8%

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.9%
  • 2021: 0.8%

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.

Language used at home

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In Kanahooka, English only is the majority at 97%; Italian is next at 1%.

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 Kanahooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12063/kanahooka/topic/language