12.5% ▲ +69.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kirkham · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kirkham
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much smaller share of people in Kirkham use a language other than English at home compared to the state and national figures. While 12.5% of the population speaks another language, this is well below the Australian average of 22.3%. English remains the dominant language for the vast majority of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 85.5% of people, though 12.5% use another language—a figure much higher than most similar areas. Italian and Mandarin are the most common non-English languages, while only 0.9% of residents speak little or no English.
0.9% ▲ +102.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Kirkham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12180/kirkham/topic/language