5.6% ▲ +20.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 5.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kiama · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kiama
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 89% of residents in Kiama. While more people here use a second language at home than in most similar areas, the total is still far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.6% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the 22.3% seen across Australia. This is reflected in the low number of people who speak little or no English, at just 0.6%.
0.6% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 71% 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 Kiama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12124/kiama/topic/language