11.0% ▲ +55.0%
Higher than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ashburton · Council (LGA)
Language in Ashburton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 11% of people in Ashburton use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. While this is higher than in most similar areas, the region remains overwhelmingly English-speaking.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using other languages rose to 11% since 2011, yet this is still well below the Western Australian average of 18.4%. Very few residents struggle with English, as only 0.6% speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.6% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 51% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Ashburton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50250/ashburton/topic/language