15.2% ▲ +76.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
South Kalgoorlie · Suburb / Locality
Language in South Kalgoorlie
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of residents speak a language other than English in South Kalgoorlie compared to most similar areas. While 15.2% of people use another language at home, this is still well below the Western Australian and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English (76.1%), but Tagalog is the most common other language at 2.9%. Only 1.2% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the state and national figures but much higher than in similar areas.
1.2% ▲ +9.4%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 South Kalgoorlie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51373/south-kalgoorlie/topic/language