18.3% ▼ -62.0%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 48.2%
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 18.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Menzies · Council (LGA)
Language in Menzies
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much smaller share of people speak a language other than English in Menzies compared to the national figure. While 18.3% of residents use another language at home, this is 4 percentage points lower than the Australian average. The use of non-English languages has dropped sharply here since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 53.1% of the community. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.6% speaking little or no English, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
0.6% ▼ -91.0%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Menzies [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA55390/menzies/topic/language