4.3% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kalimna West · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kalimna West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for the vast majority of people in Kalimna West. Only 4.3% of residents use another language at home, a figure that is far below both the Victorian and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken exclusively by 84.5% of the population, with Mandarin being the next most common language at 3.1%. While few people use other languages, the 1.9% who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas.
1.9% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Kalimna West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21283/kalimna-west/topic/language