7.1% ▲ +591.2%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Kettering · Urban Centre
Language in Kettering
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A rise of 6.1 percentage points since 2011 means more people in Kettering now speak a language other than English at home. While 89% of residents speak only English, the proportion of people using another language has grown to 7.1%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The share of people using another language at home is much higher than in most similar areas, though it remains far below the national figure of 22.3%. This trend is mirrored by a small increase in people who speak little or no English, which rose to 1.0% since 2016.
1.0% ▲ —
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Kettering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622015/kettering/topic/language