Kialla West · Urban Centre

Language in Kialla West

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

The proportion of people using a language other than English has fallen to 2.7% in Kialla West since 2011. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and the nation. Almost everyone here speaks only English at home.

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📍 Kialla West, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the only language used by 92.8% of residents, which is far below the Victorian figure of 27.6%. Very few people speak little or no English, and this has barely changed since 2016.

2.7% ▼ -45.4%

Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 5.0%
  • 2016: 2.9%
  • 2021: 2.7%

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

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.

Language used at home

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In Kialla West, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Kialla West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222038/kialla-west/topic/language