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Kurri Kurri planning district

Language used at home

In the Kurri Kurri planning district, 2.4% of people used a language other than English at home in 2021.

The Kurri Kurri planning district'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.

The Kurri Kurri planning district'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.

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Derived from the Census question:

'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'

Language used at home - Summary
Kurri Kurri planning district - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Language summaryNumber%Bellbird - Bellbird Heights - Bellbird North %Number%Bellbird - Bellbird Heights - Bellbird North %2016 to 2021
Speaks English only21,10092.894.118,02991.992.0+3,071
Non-English total5512.42.73121.62.0+238
Not stated1,0854.83.31,2716.56.1-185
Total Population22,735100.0100.019,613100.0100.0+3,122
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Language used at home - Ranked by size
Kurri Kurri planning district - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Language (excludes English)Number%Bellbird - Bellbird Heights - Bellbird North %Number%Bellbird - Bellbird Heights - Bellbird North %2016 to 2021
Filipino/Tagalog870.40.2510.3--+36
German280.10.1200.1--+8
Punjabi280.1--190.1--+9
Spanish270.10.2190.1--+8
Thai220.10.6170.10.1+5
Hindi200.10.170.0--+13
Vietnamese190.10.230.0--+16
Gujarati160.1--0----+16
Arabic150.1--70.0--+8
Australian Indigenous Languages140.1--30.0--+11
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Excludes languages spoken at home by fewer than 10 people.

Dominant groups

Analysis of the language used at home by the population of the Kurri Kurri planning district in 2021 compared to Bellbird - Bellbird Heights - Bellbird North shows that there was a smaller proportion of people who used English only, and a similar proportion of those using a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).

Overall, 92.8% of the population used English only, and 2.4% used a non-English language, compared with 94.1% and 2.7% respectively for Bellbird - Bellbird Heights - Bellbird North.

The dominant language used at home, other than English, in the Kurri Kurri planning district was Filipino/Tagalog, with 0.4% of the population, or 87 people using this language at home.

There were no major differences between Kurri Kurri planning district and Bellbird - Bellbird Heights - Bellbird North in 2021.

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home increased by 239 or 76.6%, and the number of people who used English only increased by 3,071 or 17.0%.

There were no major differences in the Kurri Kurri planning district between 2016 and 2021.

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