20.0% ▲ +144.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 20.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kialla · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kialla
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
One in five people in Kialla speak a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the Victorian figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Punjabi and Arabic are the most common non-English languages used here, with 4.4% and 3.0% of residents respectively. About 3.6% of the population speak little or no English, which is among the highest levels for areas of this type.
3.6% ▲ +111.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 Kialla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21340/kialla/topic/language