16.1% ▲ +52.6%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kirrawee · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kirrawee
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary tongue for 79.2% of people in Kirrawee. While more people here speak a second language than in most similar areas, the total is still well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 16.1% of residents use a language other than English at home, with Mandarin, Cantonese and Greek being the most common. Just 2% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian figure but much higher than most similar areas.
2.0% ▲ +18.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Kirrawee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12181/kirrawee/topic/language