8.7% —
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Narrogin · Council (LGA)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people have started using languages other than English at home in Narrogin, with the figure rising 2.9 percentage points since 2016. While this represents a growing trend, the 8.7% of residents using another language remains far below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 80.5% of the population. Only 0.8% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016 and sits a little below the national average.
8.7% —
Higher than 61% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.8% ▲ +86.6%
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Narrogin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA56460/narrogin/topic/language