12.3% ▲ +23.2%
Higher than 70% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wyndham-East Kimberley · Council (LGA)
Language in Wyndham-East Kimberley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people have started using languages other than English at home in Wyndham-East Kimberley, with the figure rising to 12.3% since 2011. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the national average. Most residents speak English only, which is the case for 70.2% of the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 12.3% of people use a language other than English at home, though only 1.0% speak little or no English. This low number of people struggling with English has barely changed since 2016 and is a little below the Western Australia figure.
1.0% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Wyndham-East Kimberley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA59340/wyndham-east-kimberley/topic/language