25.9% ▲ +479.8%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 25.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kilcoy · Urban Centre
Language in Kilcoy
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people use a language other than English at home in Kilcoy than in most similar areas. This shift is striking, as the proportion of residents speaking another language rose by 21 percentage points since 2011 to reach 25.9%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 25.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is the main language for 62.9% of the community, Tagalog is the most common second language at 6.1%.
2.8% ▲ —
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 Kilcoy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315046/kilcoy/topic/language