5.5% ▲ +51.7%
Lower than 72% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Inner Regional Australia · Remoteness Area
Language in Inner Regional Australia
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 87.8% of people in Inner Regional Australia. While most residents speak only English, the number of people using another language at home rose to 5.5% since 2011. This remains far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.5% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is lower than most similar areas. Consistent with this, the proportion of people who speak little or no English is very low at 0.7%.
0.7% ▲ +19.5%
Lower than 63% of remoteness area areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Inner Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA11/inner-regional-australia/topic/language