2.2% ▲ +27.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
South Kempsey · Suburb / Locality
Language in South Kempsey
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in South Kempsey compared to the rest of the state. Only 2.2% of the population uses another language at home, which is a massive gap compared to the New South Wales figure of 26.6%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other parts of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 86% of residents. While 0.3% of people speak little or no English—a figure higher than in most similar areas—this is still well below the national average of 3.4%.
0.3% ▼ -38.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 South Kempsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13604/south-kempsey/topic/language