Nepali
8 speakers
It has more than doubled since 2016.
Kimba, South Australia
Languages spoken in Kimba
Nepali is the most common language after English in Kimba, though only 14 people speak anything other than English at home, the 2021 Census found. Just one language is spoken by at least one in 100 people. The share across South Australia is at least twice Kimba's.
- Residents
- 605
- Speak another language
- 14
- Languages at home
- 5
- Change since 2016
- −12.5%
What's spoken in Kimba apart from English?
Nepali is the largest, and at least one language here reaches one in 100 residents.
Portuguese
3 speakers
Used at home by fewer than one in 100 residents.
Punjabi
3 speakers
The community has fallen by more than a quarter since 2016.
How far is Kimba from the City of Adelaide on languages?
In the City of Adelaide, the share speaking another language is more than double. Among South Australia councils, Kimba ranks 41st.
- Kimba
- 2.3%
- City of Adelaide
- 34.4%
- South Australia
- 16.9%
Every figure leaves unanswered questions out of the count, so the areas compare like for like.
Do Kimba's suburbs differ much?
The suburb names link through to their own figures.
- KimbaLed by Nepali2%14
- 1 suburbs in Kimba. The percentage is residents speaking a language other than English at home; the figure beneath it is how many people that is.
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, language used at home by Statistical Area Level 2, aggregated to Local Government Area. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.
The headline 2.3% counts only residents who named a language other than English. 41 people left the question blank; treat every blank as another language and the figure is 9.1%, while measuring only those who answered gives 2.5%.
Ranked lists skip broad categories such as "Chinese, nfd", which stay in the totals. National figures are summed from suburbs and sit a touch under the ABS release.
Reuse these figures under CC BY 4.0 with credit to LEXIGO Language Map.
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