2.5% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Chapman Valley · Council (LGA)
Language in Chapman Valley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Chapman Valley than in most similar areas. Only 2.5% of the population uses another language at home, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 83.9% of residents. Only 0.2% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the national figure of 3.4%.
0.2% ▲ —
Lower than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Chapman Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA51610/chapman-valley/topic/language