11.1% —
Lower than 56% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 52.9%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Migratory - Offshore - Shipping · Capital City
Language in Migratory - Offshore - Shipping
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Across Migratory - Offshore - Shipping, limited english is well above average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
11.1% of residents in Migratory - Offshore - Shipping use a language other than English at home — around the middle of the range (below the national 22.3%). 4.0% of people in Migratory - Offshore - Shipping speak English not well or not at all, down 71.7% since 2016, well above average (above the national 3.4%).
The most common language used at home is English only at 64%, ahead of Mandarin (0%).
4.0% ▼ -71.7%
Higher than 84% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Migratory - Offshore - Shipping [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/79799/migratory-offshore-shipping/topic/language