5.8% ▲ +108.1%
Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Keppel · State Electorate
Language in Keppel
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Keppel compared to the rest of the country. Only 5.8% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 87% of people, and the proportion who use another language is much lower than in most areas. While this figure rose 3.0 points since 2011, the number of people who speak little or no English remains low at 0.8%.
0.8% ▲ +76.7%
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Keppel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30041/keppel/topic/language