5.4% ▲ +65.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kelso · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kelso
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive gap exists between the language profile of Kelso and the rest of the country. Only 5.4% of people here use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Most residents speak only English, reflecting a much less linguistically diverse area than the state average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 89.8% of people speak only English, the 5.4% who use another language at home is higher than in most similar areas. This includes small numbers of Arabic, Punjabi, Tagalog and Cantonese speakers, though those who speak little or no English make up just 0.6% of the population.
0.6% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Kelso [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12098/kelso/topic/language