14.6% ▲ +22.9%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cambridge · Council (LGA)
Language in Cambridge
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A gap of 7.7 percentage points separates Cambridge from the national average in terms of how many people use a language other than English at home. While this proportion is rising, it remains well below the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country. Only 14.6% of residents speak another language at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 82.5% of the area, though Mandarin (2.3%) and Italian (1.3%) are also spoken. The share of people using another language rose 2.7 points since 2011, while those who speak little or no English have stayed steady at around 1%.
1.0% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 63% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Cambridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51310/cambridge/topic/language