4.1% ▲ +71.0%
Lower than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 4.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Jerramungup · Council (LGA)
Language in Jerramungup
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A slightly higher number of people in Jerramungup have started using a language other than English at home since 2011. Only 4.1% of residents speak another language, which is far below the national figure. This makes it an area where English is the dominant way of communicating.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language for 87% of people, while just 0.3% speak little or no English, which is well below the Australian figure. Use of other languages rose 1.7 percentage points since 2011 to reach 4.1%, though this remains much lower than most areas.
0.3% ▲ —
Lower than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Jerramungup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA54130/jerramungup/topic/language