40.7% ▲ +52.8%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 40.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Killara · Suburb / Locality
Language in Killara
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher proportion of people in Killara speak another language at home compared to the rest of the country. Around 40.7% of residents use a language other than English, which is 18 percentage points above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 17.3%, followed by Cantonese at 7.8%. This linguistic diversity is reflected in the 6.1% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure that is a little above the state and national averages.
6.1% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.1%
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 Killara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12137/killara/topic/language