Kings Park
Language used at home
In Kings Park, 69.1454 of people used a language other than English at home in 2021.
Kings Park's language statistics show the proportion of the population who use a language at home other than English. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language.
Kings Park's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth and Proficiency in English to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups in the area and the services required by the multicultural community.
Please note: Due to ABS rules regarding perturbation of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual language groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS.
Derived from the Census question:
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
Total population
| Language used at home - Summary | ||||||||
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| Kings Park - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Language summary | Number | % | Taylors Lakes - Keilor Lodge % | Number | % | Taylors Lakes - Keilor Lodge % | 2006 to 2021 | |
| Speaks English only | 1,997 | 24.3 | 58.5 | 36500 | 2,418 | 28.2 | 56.2 | -421 |
 Non-English total | 5,672 | 69.1 | 38.2 | 36501 | 5,641 | 65.9 | 40.9 | +31 |
| Not stated | 534 | 6.5 | 3.3 | 36502 | 507 | 5.9 | 2.9 | +27 |
| Total Population | 8,203 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 8,566 | 100.0 | 100.0 | -363 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2006 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window)(informed decisions).
| Language used at home - Ranked by size | ||||||||
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| Kings Park - Total persons (Usual residence) | 2021 | 2006 | Change | |||||
| Language (excludes English) | Number | % | Taylors Lakes - Keilor Lodge % | Number | % | Taylors Lakes - Keilor Lodge % | 2006 to 2021 | |
| Vietnamese | 2,231 | 27.2 | 2.6 | 36037 | 1,601 | 18.7 | 1.9 | +630 |
| Macedonian | 449 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 36026 | 654 | 7.6 | 4.6 | -205 |
| Filipino/Tagalog | 200 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 36011 | 257 | 3.0 | 1.1 | -57 |
| Maltese | 191 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 36027 | 356 | 4.2 | 2.7 | -165 |
| Arabic | 187 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 36004 | 181 | 2.1 | 3.2 | +6 |
| Cantonese | 186 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 36006 | 268 | 3.1 | 1.5 | -82 |
| Turkish | 139 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 36036 | 251 | 2.9 | 1.5 | -112 |
| Greek | 137 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 36015 | 195 | 2.3 | 4.3 | -58 |
| Spanish | 111 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 36034 | 238 | 2.8 | 0.9 | -127 |
| Croatian | 105 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 36009 | 204 | 2.4 | 3.8 | -99 |
| Bosnian | 100 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 36051 | 148 | 1.7 | 0.2 | -48 |
| Chin Haka | 91 | 1.1 | -- | 36003 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Samoan | 85 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 36031 | 44 | 0.5 | 0.0 | +41 |
| Punjabi | 84 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 36088 | 34 | 0.4 | 0.9 | +50 |
| Serbian | 80 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 36032 | 146 | 1.7 | 0.8 | -66 |
| Hakka | 77 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 36065 | 166 | 1.9 | 0.3 | -89 |
| Mandarin | 75 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 36007 | 48 | 0.6 | 0.6 | +27 |
| Urdu | 74 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 36108 | 13 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +61 |
| Burmese | 72 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 36053 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | +72 |
| Polish | 65 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 36028 | 81 | 0.9 | 0.7 | -16 |
| Italian | 57 | 0.7 | 4.7 | 36022 | 127 | 1.5 | 6.7 | -70 |
| Dinka | 57 | 0.7 | -- | 36059 | 70 | 0.8 | -- | -13 |
| Amharic | 50 | 0.6 | -- | 36046 | 20 | 0.2 | -- | +30 |
| Sinhalese | 42 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 36033 | 20 | 0.2 | 0.4 | +22 |
| Pashto | 40 | 0.5 | -- | 36086 | 0 | -- | -- | +40 |
| Lao | 33 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 36074 | 71 | 0.8 | 0.0 | -38 |
| Tamil | 29 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 36035 | 32 | 0.4 | 0.3 | -3 |
| Hindi | 28 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 36016 | 28 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0 |
| Thai | 26 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 36102 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +20 |
| Tongan | 24 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 36105 | 10 | 0.1 | -- | +14 |
| Albanian | 20 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 36045 | 49 | 0.6 | 0.5 | -29 |
| Somali | 19 | 0.2 | -- | 36094 | 0 | -- | -- | +19 |
| Tigrinya | 19 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 36112 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Hazaraghi | 17 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 36114 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Min Nan (incl.Hokkien) | 17 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 36068 | 16 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +1 |
| Hungarian | 16 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 36017 | 21 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -5 |
| Malayalam | 15 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 36077 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | +9 |
| Portuguese | 14 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 36029 | 26 | 0.3 | 0.2 | -12 |
| French | 13 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 36013 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +7 |
| Telugu | 13 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 36099 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | +13 |
| Tetum | 12 | 0.1 | -- | 36101 | 0 | -- | -- | +12 |
| Assyrian/Aramaic | 10 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 36048 | 10 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0 |
| Bengali | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 36050 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | +10 |
| Japanese | 10 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 36023 | 0 | -- | 0.0 | +10 |
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Excludes languages spoken at home by fewer than 10 people.
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Dominant groups
Analysis of the language used at home by the population of Kings Park in 2021 compared to Taylors Lakes - Keilor Lodge shows that there was a smaller proportion of people who used English only, and a larger proportion of those using a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 24.3% of the population used English only, and 69.1 used a non-English language, compared with 58.5% and 38.2% respectively for Taylors Lakes - Keilor Lodge.
The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Kings Park was Vietnamese, with 27.2% of the population, or 2,231 people using this language at home.
The major differences between the languages used at home for the population of Kings Park and Taylors Lakes - Keilor Lodge in 2021 were:
- A larger percentage using Vietnamese at home (27.2% compared to 2.6%)
- A larger percentage using Macedonian at home (5.5% compared to 3.5%)
- A smaller percentage using Italian at home (0.7% compared to 4.7%)
- A smaller percentage using Greek at home (1.7% compared to 4.1%)
Emerging groups
Between 2006 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 31 or 0.5%, and the number of people who used English only decreased by 421 or 17.4%.
The largest changes in the languages used by the population in Kings Park between 2006 and 2021 were for those using:
- Vietnamese (+630 persons)
- Macedonian (-205 persons)
- Maltese (-165 persons)
- Spanish (-127 persons)