Kalamia Estate · Urban Centre

Language in Kalamia Estate

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

A small rise in language diversity has seen the share of people using another language at home in Kalamia Estate grow from 0.7% in 2011 to 3.6% in 2021. Despite this increase, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Australia.

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📍 Kalamia Estate, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 84.1% of residents, with Italian and Greek also spoken by small numbers. Only 3.6% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%, and no one reported speaking little or no English.

3.6% ▲ +395.2%

Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 0.7%
  • 2016: 2.0%
  • 2021: 3.6%

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 Kalamia Estate, English only is the majority at 97%; Italian is next at 2%.

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 Kalamia Estate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322064/kalamia-estate/topic/language