12.8% ▲ +47.1%
Higher than 83% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kalgoorlie - Boulder · Urban Area
Language in Kalgoorlie - Boulder
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Kalgoorlie - Boulder, though the number of people using another language at home has risen to 12.8%. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 76.2% of the population, with Tagalog and Mandarin being the next most common languages. Only 1.0% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the state and national figures.
1.0% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 67% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Kalgoorlie - Boulder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/5007/kalgoorlie-boulder/topic/language