4.6% ▲ +39.0%
Lower than 81% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Outer Regional Australia · Remoteness Area
Language in Outer Regional Australia
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge gap exists between Outer Regional Australia and the rest of the country, with only 4.6% of people using a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While the number of people speaking other languages has risen slightly since 2011, English remains the dominant tongue across these areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.6% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much lower than most areas. Very few residents struggle with English, as only 0.7% speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.7% ▲ +27.1%
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 Outer Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA12/outer-regional-australia/topic/language