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Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral) · State Electorate

Language in Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral)

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the primary language for 63% of people in Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral). While more people here speak a language other than English than in most areas, the proportion of those who struggle with English has dropped significantly in recent years.

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📍 Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral), State Electorate

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 20.8% of people use another language at home, which is a little above the Western Australian figure and has risen 6.4 percentage points since 2011. However, the 2.1% who speak little or no English is a little below the national figure and fell from 6.8% in 2016.

People using another language at home

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20.8% ▲ +44.1%

Higher than 62% of state electorate areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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2.1% ▼ -69.7%

Higher than 58% of state electorate 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.

Language used at home

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In Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral), English only is the majority at 97%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 63.0% Mandarin 0.4% Tagalog 0.4% Italian 0.3% Cantonese 0.2% Vietnamese 0.1% Hindi 0.1% Greek 0.1% Arabic 0.1% Punjabi 0.0%

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 Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED52903/kimberley/topic/language