26.6% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Killarney Heights · Suburb / Locality
Language in Killarney Heights
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than a quarter of people in Killarney Heights now speak a language other than English at home. This is well above the national figure, reflecting a community that is more linguistically diverse than the typical Australian suburb.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 72.2% of residents, while Mandarin (3.9%) and Cantonese (3.8%) are the most common other tongues. While 26.6% of people use another language at home, only 2.1% speak little or no English, which is a little below the New South Wales and national figures.
2.1% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 Killarney Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12138/killarney-heights/topic/language