4.1% ▲ +78.4%
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Western Downs · Council (LGA)
Language in Western Downs
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for almost everyone living in Western Downs. Only 4.1% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While the proportion of people using other languages rose to 4.1% since 2011, English is still spoken by 86.1% of the population. This high level of English use is reflected in the fact that only 0.3% of residents speak little or no English, a figure well below the Australian average.
0.3% ▲ +15.1%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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 Western Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA37310/western-downs/topic/language