Kilkivan · Urban Centre

Language in Kilkivan

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

A massive 21 percentage point gap separates Kilkivan from the national average in language diversity. Only 0.9% of people here use a language other than English at home, making it one of the least linguistically diverse areas in the region.

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📍 Kilkivan, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is used by 90.7% of residents, which is far below the national figure for language diversity. This is a sharp drop from 2011, when 93.1% of people used another language at home, and currently, no one in the area speaks little or no English.

0.9% ▼ -99.0%

Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 93.1%
  • 2016: 7.2%
  • 2021: 0.9%

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 Kilkivan, 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 Kilkivan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322070/kilkivan/topic/language