7.7% ▲ +59.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kanigan · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kanigan
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language spoken in Kanigan, where almost everyone feels comfortable communicating in the local tongue. Only 7.7% of residents use another language at home, making it much less linguistically diverse than the typical Australian suburb.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 7.7% of people use a language other than English at home—which is higher than in most similar areas—this is far below the national figure of 22.3%. English is spoken by 84.6% of residents, and notably, no one in the area speaks little or no English.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Kanigan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31482/kanigan/topic/language