2.2% ▼ -59.8%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 2.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kitchener · Urban Centre
Language in Kitchener
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Very few people in Kitchener (L) have used a language other than English at home, a figure that has fallen since 2011. Only 2.2% of residents speak another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes it one of the least linguistically diverse areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language spoken at home by 94.6% of residents. No one in the area speaks little or no English, a result that is well below the Australian figure of 3.4% and has remained steady since 2016.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
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 Kitchener [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121061/kitchener/topic/language