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Augusta Margaret River · Council (LGA)

Language in Augusta Margaret River

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

About the same as most similar areas, Augusta Margaret River has a relatively small number of people using a language other than English at home. Only 7.4% of residents use another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Augusta Margaret River, Council (LGA)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the only language spoken by 84.3% of people, though those using other languages rose 2.1 percentage points since 2011. Just 0.9% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.

People using another language at home

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7.4% ▲ +39.2%

Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.9% ▲ +24.4%

Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Augusta Margaret River, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 1%.

English only 84.3% Italian 0.7% Mandarin 0.3% Tagalog 0.2% Vietnamese 0.2% Cantonese 0.1% Punjabi 0.1% Greek 0.0%

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 Augusta Margaret River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50280/augusta-margaret-river/topic/language