12.8% ▲ +112.4%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kalgoorlie - Boulder · Urban Centre
Language in Kalgoorlie - Boulder
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than one in ten people in Kalgoorlie - Boulder now use a language other than English at home. This represents a significant shift for the area, as the proportion of people speaking another language has more than doubled since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 12.8% of residents use another language at home—which is much higher than most similar areas—this is still well below the national figure of 22.3%. English is the only language for 76.2% of people, and very few (1.0%) speak little or no English.
1.0% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Kalgoorlie - Boulder [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL512004/kalgoorlie-boulder/topic/language