41.3% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kilkenny · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kilkenny
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over 41% of people in Kilkenny speak a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This makes Kilkenny one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level, with many residents using a variety of different languages daily.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 54.7% of the area speaks only English, others commonly use Vietnamese, Greek, Italian, and Arabic. This high diversity is reflected in the fact that 8.1% of residents speak little or no English, which is well above the South Australian figure of 2.7%.
8.1% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 8.1%
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).
More for Kilkenny
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Kilkenny [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40693/kilkenny/topic/language