8.8% ▲ +50.8%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 8.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Capel · Council (LGA)
Language in Capel
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Capel, where 86.4% of people speak it as their only language. While the number of people using other languages has risen to 8.8%, this remains far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using a language other than English rose 3.0 percentage points since 2011, though it is still well below the state average. Very few residents struggle with English, as only 0.5% speak little or no English.
0.5% ▲ +3.1%
Lower than 55% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Capel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51400/capel/topic/language