Kurri Kurri · Urban Centre

Language in Kurri Kurri

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

A far lower proportion of people use a language other than English at home in Kurri Kurri compared to the rest of the country. Just 2.5% of residents speak another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Kurri Kurri, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the dominant language for 92.7% of the population, and this has barely changed since 2011. Only 0.3% of people speak little or no English, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 4.5%.

2.5% ▼ -10.1%

Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.8%
  • 2016: 4.7%
  • 2021: 2.5%

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

0.3% ▼ -54.1%

Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.7%
  • 2021: 0.3%

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 Kurri Kurri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL112011/kurri-kurri/topic/language