3.4% ▲ +57.8%
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Paroo · Council (LGA)
Language in Paroo
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Paroo compared to the rest of the country. Only 3.4% of residents use another language at home, which is well below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other Australian regions.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language used at home for 91.2% of people. Very few residents struggle with English, as only 0.2% speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 3.4%.
0.2% ▲ —
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 Paroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA35800/paroo/topic/language