2.8% ▲ +48.3%
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Clarence Valley · Council (LGA)
Language in Clarence Valley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 2.8% of people in Clarence Valley use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the national average. This makes it one of the most linguistically uniform areas in the region. While the number of people speaking other languages has risen slightly since 2011, English remains the dominant tongue for the vast majority of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 88.8% of residents, leaving just 2.8% who use another language—far below the 22.3% national figure. Very few people struggle with English, as only 0.3% speak little or no English, which is well below both the state and national rates.
0.3% ▲ +29.9%
Lower than 72% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Clarence Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA11730/clarence-valley/topic/language