4.8% ▲ +32.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kempsey · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kempsey
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people use a language other than English in Kempsey than in most similar areas. While 4.8% of residents speak another language at home, this is still far below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 87.2% of residents, with Cantonese being the most common other language at 2.1%. Very few people struggle with English, as only 0.6% speak little or no English, which is well below the state figure.
0.6% ▼ -70.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1%
- 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 Kempsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12103/kempsey/topic/language