7.2% ▲ +26.9%
Lower than 60% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 7.2%
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.
English is the primary way people communicate in Outer Regional Australia, where very few residents struggle with the language. Only 7.2% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken exclusively by 83.2% of the population. While the number of people using another language rose 1.5 points since 2011 to reach 7.2%, only 0.8% of residents speak little or no English.
0.8% ▼ -2.6%
Lower than 56% of remoteness area areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 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 Outer Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA52/outer-regional-australia/topic/language