11.9% ▲ +107.4%
Higher than 60% of remoteness area areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 11.9%
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.
More than one in ten people in Inner Regional Australia now speak another language at home, reflecting a growing linguistic variety. While English remains the dominant tongue, the proportion of people using other languages has more than doubled since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 11.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure of 22.3%. English is spoken by 83.6% of the population, while 1.3% speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.3% ▲ +11.0%
Higher than 60% of remoteness area areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Inner Regional Australia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ra/RA61/inner-regional-australia/topic/language