26.6% ▲ +38.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kingswood · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kingswood
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Multilingualism is a common part of daily life in Kingswood, where over a quarter of the population speaks a language other than English at home. This rate is well above the national figure, reflecting a diverse mix of backgrounds within the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 26.6% of residents use another language at home, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. While 63.4% speak only English, others include Punjabi, Mandarin, Arabic, and Hindi. Around 2.9% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most areas.
2.9% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 Kingswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12171/kingswood/topic/language