7.8% ▲ +38.8%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Harvey · Council (LGA)
Language in Harvey
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Harvey, where 87.2% of people speak only this language at home. While the number of people using another language has risen to 7.8% since 2011, this is still far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Very few residents struggle with English, as only 0.9% speak little or no English. Beyond English, the most common languages spoken in the area are Italian, Mandarin, and Tagalog.
0.9% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Harvey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53990/harvey/topic/language