5.9% ▲ +44.8%
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ravensthorpe · Council (LGA)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Ravensthorpe, where 84% of residents speak only this language at home. This is a very high proportion compared to state and national figures, though the number of people using other languages has risen slightly since 2011.
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Consistent with this, the proportion of people who speak little or no English is very low at 0.4%.
5.9% ▲ +44.8%
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.4% ▲ +149.4%
Lower than 60% 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 Ravensthorpe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57420/ravensthorpe/topic/language