7.1% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kookynie · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people speak a language other than English in Kookynie compared to the rest of the state. While 7.1% of residents use another language at home, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 71.7% of the population, with Tagalog spoken by 3%. Despite the small number of non-English speakers, no one in the area reported speaking little or no English.
7.1% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Kookynie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50777/kookynie/topic/language