5.5% ▲ +43.8%
Lower than 72% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 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.
A growing number of people speak a language other than English in Inner Regional Australia, with the figure rising to 5.5% since 2011. This remains far below the national average of 22.3%, as English is the primary language for the vast majority of the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 87.6% of residents, while other common languages include Mandarin and Tagalog at 0.4% each. Only 0.8% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below the national average and has barely changed since 2016.
0.8% ▲ +18.1%
Lower than 59% of remoteness area areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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 Inner Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA31/inner-regional-australia/topic/language