4.1% ▼ -86.1%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kambalda East · Urban Centre
Language in Kambalda East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 60.6% of people in Kambalda East (L). This is a very English-speaking area where the use of other languages at home has fallen sharply in recent years.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.1% of residents use another language at home, a figure far below the national average of 22.3%. While the number of people who speak little or no English is higher than most similar areas, it remains a little below the Australian figure at 0.6%.
0.6% ▲ +34.9%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Kambalda East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521027/kambalda-east/topic/language