8.1% ▲ +39.8%
Higher than 60% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rockingham · Council (LGA)
Language in Rockingham
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Rockingham are using a language other than English at home, which rose by 2.3 percentage points since 2011. While this represents a growing trend for the area, the 8.1% of residents doing so is still far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 86% of residents. Very few people speak little or no English, at just 0.8%, which is a little below the national figure and has barely changed since 2016.
0.8% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Rockingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA57490/rockingham/topic/language