23.0% ▲ +38.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.6%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kentlyn · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kentlyn
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A higher proportion of residents now speak another language at home in Kentlyn than in most similar areas. While English remains the main language for 71.3% of people, about 23% of the community uses a different language, which is about the same as the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Arabic is the most common second language at 4.7%, and 4.4% of people speak little or no English, which is among the highest rates for areas of this size. This language diversity is well below the New South Wales average of 26.6%.
4.4% ▲ +12.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Kentlyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12109/kentlyn/topic/language