2.3% ▼ -65.8%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cherbourg · Council (LGA)
Language in Cherbourg
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A falling number of people speaking a foreign language defines Cherbourg, where only 2.3% of residents now use one at home. This is far below the national figure and reflects a steady decline since 2011. The area is overwhelmingly English-speaking, with almost no residents struggling to communicate in English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 94.6% of the population. The share of people using another language at home fell 4.5 percentage points since 2011 to 2.3%, while the proportion of those who speak little or no English is now 0.0%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Cherbourg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32330/cherbourg/topic/language