3.9% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 89% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.9%
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.
Only 3.9% of people in Inner Regional Australia use a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it a place where English is overwhelmingly the main way people communicate. This pattern has remained almost identical since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 90.7% of the population. Very few people struggle with the language, with only 0.5% speaking little or no English, which is much lower than most similar areas.
0.5% ▼ -32.2%
Lower than 77% of remoteness area areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.5%
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/RA41/inner-regional-australia/topic/language