Kapooka · Suburb / Locality

Language in Kapooka

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

English is the primary way people communicate in Kapooka, where 90.6% of residents speak only this language. While slightly more diverse than similar small areas, the community remains far less multilingual than the broader state and national populations.

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📍 Kapooka, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 8.6% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas but still far below the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. Despite this, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English.

8.6% ▲ +39.0%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.2%
  • 2016: 5.2%
  • 2021: 8.6%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Kapooka, English only is the majority at 99%; Punjabi 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 Kapooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12076/kapooka/topic/language