21.9% ▲ +21.7%
Higher than 83% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Major Cities of Australia · Remoteness Area
Language in Major Cities of Australia
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 74.3% of people in the Major Cities of Australia. This area is much more linguistically diverse than most other regions, with 21.9% of residents speaking a language other than English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The share of people using another language at home rose 3.9 percentage points since 2011 to 21.9%, which is about the same as the national figure. While this is much higher than most areas, only 3.3% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
3.3% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 86% of remoteness area areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 Major Cities of Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA40/major-cities-of-australia/topic/language