7.5% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 75% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
O'Connor · Federal Electorate
Language in O'Connor
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 82.4% of people in O'Connor. Very few residents speak a language other than English at home, a figure that has remained steady over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 7.5% of people use another language at home, which is far below the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country. This is reflected in the fact that only 0.8% of residents speak little or no English, a result much lower than in most areas.
0.8% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 78% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.8%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in O'Connor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED511/o-connor/topic/language