5.5% ▲ +20.1%
Lower than 72% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 5.5%
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.
Fewer people speak a language other than English in Outer Regional Australia than in most other similar areas. Only 5.5% of the population uses another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This linguistic landscape has remained relatively stable, though it has seen a slight increase since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 87% of residents, and the number of people who speak little or no English is just 0.9%. This is a little below the Australian average of 3.4% and has barely changed since 2016.
0.9% ▲ +17.2%
Lower than 51% of remoteness area areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.9%
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/RA42/outer-regional-australia/topic/language