4.4% ▲ +22.6%
Lower than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Esperance · Council (LGA)
Language in Esperance
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the overwhelming primary language in Esperance, though the proportion of people using another tongue at home has risen slightly since 2011. Only 4.4% of residents speak a language other than English, which is far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English, and the 0.4% who speak little or no English is well below the Australian average. Those who do use another language at home include small numbers of Vietnamese, Italian, Mandarin and Tagalog speakers.
0.4% ▲ +14.2%
Lower than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Esperance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53290/esperance/topic/language