93.9% ▲ +5079.5%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 93.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kiwirrkurra · Urban Centre
Language in Kiwirrkurra
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A staggering 93.9% of people in Kiwirrkurra speak another language at home, a figure far above the national average. This marks a huge shift for the area, as the proportion of people using a language other than English rose by 92 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 2.8% of residents speak English only, and the number of people who speak little or no English is far above the state figure at 28.3%.
28.3% ▲ —
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 28.3%
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 Kiwirrkurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522034/kiwirrkurra/topic/language