8.6% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kyneton South · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kyneton South
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A small but growing number of people in Kyneton South now speak a language other than English at home. While 8.6% of residents use another language, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 84.5% of people, though Mandarin is spoken by 5.2% of residents. About 2.6% of the community speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.6% ▼ -64.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Kyneton South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21415/kyneton-south/topic/language