23.1% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kiara · Suburb / Locality
Language in Kiara
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much more linguistic variety than most similar areas defines Kiara, where nearly a quarter of residents speak a language other than English. This mix of backgrounds is reflected in the fact that 23.1% of people use another language at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is spoken by 72.9% of the community, 4.4% speak Vietnamese and smaller groups use Mandarin, Cantonese, and Italian. Around 3.4% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas.
3.4% ▼ -28.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 Kiara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50758/kiara/topic/language