5.7% ▲ +37.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kinglake West · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kinglake West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language in Kinglake West, where 81.8% of residents speak only English at home. While this is far below the national and state figures for language diversity, the area has a higher proportion of people using another language than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 5.7% of people use a language other than English at home, with small numbers speaking Greek, Italian and Vietnamese. Despite this, the 1.0% who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas.
1.0% ▲ +132.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Kinglake West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21360/kinglake-west/topic/language