26.3% ▲ +15.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 25.6%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kew · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kew
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of residents in Kew use a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas. While 26.3% of people speak another language, English remains the primary tongue for the vast majority of the community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 8.6%, followed by Greek and Cantonese. Around 3.8% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas and sits about the same as the national 3.4%.
3.8% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Kew [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21336/kew/topic/language