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Kingsgrove · Suburb / Locality

Language in Kingsgrove

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

More than half of all residents in Kingsgrove speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. This variety is reflected in daily life, where 55.5% of people use a non-English language, a figure far above the national average.

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📍 Kingsgrove, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the only language spoken at home by 40.8% of people, while Greek is the most common second language at 15.3%. This high diversity is reflected in the 11.2% who speak little or no English, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 4.5%.

People using another language at home

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55.5% ▼ -2.8%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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11.2% ▲ +0.3%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Kingsgrove, the largest group is English only at 48%, followed by Greek (18%) and Cantonese (9%).

English only 40.8% Greek 15.3% Cantonese 7.9% Mandarin 6.8% Arabic 6.8% Italian 2.9% Vietnamese 2.5% Tagalog 0.6% Hindi 0.4% Punjabi 0.1%

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 Kingsgrove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12166/kingsgrove/topic/language