9.9% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kensington · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kensington
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A small minority of Kensington residents speak a language other than English at home, though this is much higher than in most similar areas. While 9.9% of people use another language, the vast majority of the community speaks only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 85.8% of residents. Only 0.9% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure but much higher than in most similar areas.
0.9% ▼ -28.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Kensington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50752/kensington/topic/language