11.2% ▲ +37.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kelmscott · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kelmscott
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 81.5% of people in Kelmscott, making it far less linguistically diverse than the national average. While the area is more diverse than many similar suburbs, the proportion of people using other languages is still well below the state and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 11.2% of residents speak another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Only 1.4% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the Western Australian average.
1.4% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Kelmscott [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50748/kelmscott/topic/language