Kingscote, Kangaroo Island

Languages spoken in Kingscote

Kingscote is overwhelmingly English-speaking: about 2,000 people use only English at home, according to the 2021 Census. No language other than English reaches one resident in 100. Kingscote is about level with Kangaroo Island. It's a short list: 10 languages in all.

Residents
2,205
Speak another language
2.9%+33.3%
Languages spoken
10
Born overseas
11.2%

Which languages other than English are spoken in Kingscote?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Italian
    18+28.6%
  2. 02
    German
    11+83.3%
  3. 03
    Dutch
    6
  4. 04
    Mandarin
    6
  5. 05
    Punjabi
    5
  6. 06
    Afrikaans
    4
  7. 07
    French
    4-73.3%
  8. 08
    Portuguese
    4
  9. 09
    Nepali
    3-25.0%
  10. 10
    Spanish
    3

How does Kingscote compare with Australia as a whole?

The share speaking another language is less than half the figure for Australia as a whole.

Kingscote
2.9%
Kangaroo Island
2.9%
Australia
21.3%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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Kingscote is part of Kangaroo Island, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.