9.4% —
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 9.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Douglas · Council (LGA)
Language in Douglas
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A gap of 13 percentage points separates Douglas from the national average in language diversity, with only 9.4% of residents using a language other than English at home. While this is higher than most similar areas, the region remains far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 78.8% of households, though the use of other languages rose 2.1 points since 2016. Only 0.5% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4%.
0.5% ▼ -28.5%
Lower than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Douglas [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32810/douglas/topic/language