Yalgoo · Council (LGA)

Language in Yalgoo

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the primary way of communicating for the vast majority of people in Yalgoo. Only 4.7% of residents use another language at home, a figure that has barely changed over the last decade. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 50.9% of people speak only English, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English. This is well below the national figure and is much lower than in most other similar areas.

4.7% ▲ +12.1%

Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2011: 4.2%
  • 2016: 6.2%
  • 2021: 4.7%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Yalgoo, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Yalgoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA59350/yalgoo/topic/language