Kalaru · Urban Centre

Language in Kalaru

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

English is spoken by 91% of people at home in Kalaru, making it a place with very little linguistic diversity. Only 2.2% of residents use a language other than English, a figure that is far below the national average.

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📍 Kalaru, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

The proportion of people using another language at home is much lower than in most areas and has barely changed since 2011. Consistent with this, no one in the area speaks little or no English, which is well below the national figure of 3.4%.

2.2% ▲ +23.8%

Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 1.8%
  • 2016: 2.8%
  • 2021: 2.2%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Kalaru, English only is the majority at 99%; Hindi is next at 1%.

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 Kalaru [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121055/kalaru/topic/language