5.5% ▲ +62.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kyneton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kyneton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for nearly 90% of people in Kyneton. While the town is far less diverse than the state and national averages, it has a higher proportion of people using other languages at home than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 5.5% of residents use a language other than English at home, though this is still far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Only 1% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national average but much higher than most similar areas.
1.0% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 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 Kyneton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21414/kyneton/topic/language