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Kiama, New South Wales

Which languages are spoken in Kiama?

In Kiama, the 2021 Census counted 3.5 per cent of residents speaking a language other than English at home, led by German and Italian. The top two are neck and neck. The share in the City of Sydney is at least twice Kiama's.

Residents
22,713
Speak another language
793
Languages at home
51
Change since 2016
+26.1%

Which communities in Kiama speak another language at home?

These three top a list of small communities.

German

91 speakers

Spoken at home by 0.4 per cent of residents.

Italian

77 speakers

About 0.3 per cent of all residents.

Spanish

61 speakers

Used at home by fewer than one in 100 residents.

What sets Kiama apart from New South Wales?

Across New South Wales, the share speaking another language is more than double. Kiama sits in the lower half of New South Wales' councils, at 66th of 128.

Kiama
3.5%
New South Wales
25.7%
City of Sydney
33.9%

Same method throughout, so the gap between the bars is the real gap.

Kiama's place on the diversity index.

Which parts of Kiama are most multilingual?

Kiama Heights leads, Minnamurra trails, and the rest sit close between them.

Each suburb links to its own page, with the languages spoken there.

Data: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home, summed from Statistical Area Level 2 to council. Changes are against the 2016 Census.

Blank answers matter here. 1,025 residents gave none, and they're left out of the 3.5%. Count them in and it's 8.0%; drop them from the base and it's 3.7%.

Figures for Kiama itself aren't affected by the small gap between summed suburbs and ABS national totals. Unnamed ABS categories are in every total and out of every ranked list.

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