5.1% ▲ +50.5%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Somerset · Council (LGA)
Language in Somerset
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Somerset compared to the rest of the country. Only 5.1% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This reflects a community where English is the overwhelmingly dominant way of communicating.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 88.3% of people here. While the proportion of people using other languages rose slightly to 5.1% since 2011, the share of residents who speak little or no English remains very low at 0.7%.
0.7% ▲ +11.9%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Somerset [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA36580/somerset/topic/language