19.0% ▲ +20.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kirribilli · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kirribilli
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in five residents in Kirribilli use a language other than English at home, making it more linguistically diverse than most similar areas. While this is well below the national figure, it reflects a community where a variety of global languages are spoken in daily life.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 72.3% of people, though Mandarin (3.1%) and Cantonese (1.5%) are the next most common. About 3.0% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Australian figure.
3.0% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 Kirribilli [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12182/kirribilli/topic/language