10.2% ▲ +23.0%
Lower than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
King · State Electorate
Language in King
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue for daily life in King, where only 10.2% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While the area remains overwhelmingly English-speaking, the proportion of people using other languages has risen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English, which is common for the area as those using another language are well below the state average. Very few people struggle with English, with only 1.5% speaking little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.5% ▲ +113.1%
Lower than 54% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 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 King [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED40026/king/topic/language