1.6% ▲ +24.1%
Lower than 95% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Peterborough · Council (LGA)
Language in Peterborough
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people speak a language other than English in Peterborough compared to the rest of the country. Only 1.6% of residents use another language at home, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 85.2% of people at home, leaving this area far below the national figure for linguistic diversity. Very few residents struggle with English, with only 0.2% speaking little or no English, which is much lower than most other areas.
0.2% ▲ +36.6%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 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 Peterborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA45540/peterborough/topic/language