47.7% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 92% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 48.3%
- 2016: 35.1%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Halls Creek · Council (LGA)
Language in Halls Creek
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Forty per cent of residents in Halls Creek speak only English at home, though the area is remarkably multilingual. Nearly half the population uses a language other than English, a figure that is far above the national average and has remained steady over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 47.7% of people use another language at home, which is far above the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country. This is among the highest proportions for any area at this level, while 3.7% of residents speak little or no English.
3.7% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Halls Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53920/halls-creek/topic/language