2.1% ▼ -39.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kingston · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary way of communicating for almost everyone in Kingston. Only 2.1% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 84.7% of the population, meaning the area is far less linguistically diverse than Victoria. No one in the community reported speaking little or no English.
2.1% ▼ -39.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Kingston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21364/kingston/topic/language