13.1% ▲ +152.0%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kununurra · Urban Centre
Language in Kununurra
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people are speaking languages other than English in Kununurra, with the share of residents doing so rising 7.9 percentage points since 2011. While 13.1% of the community now use another language at home, this remains well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 68.8% of residents. While the 13.1% who use another language at home is much higher than in most similar areas, only 1.0% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.0% ▼ -25.9%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 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 Kununurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515020/kununurra/topic/language