3.2% ▲ +69.7%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kempsey · Urban Centre
Language in Kempsey
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About the same as similar areas, Kempsey has a very high proportion of people who speak only English. Only 3.2% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 81% of the population. While use of other languages rose slightly since 2011 to 3.2%, the number of people who speak little or no English is very low at 0.2%.
0.2% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 Kempsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113006/kempsey/topic/language