12.6% ▲ +173.7%
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Keira · State Electorate
Language in Keira
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Keira, where 83.5% of residents speak only this language at home. While the number of people using other languages has risen since 2011, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the New South Wales average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 12.6% of people use a language other than English at home, a figure that is well below the national average. This includes small numbers of Italian, Mandarin, Arabic, and Greek speakers, while the 1.5% who speak little or no English has barely changed since 2016.
1.5% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Keira [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10038/keira/topic/language