3.6% ▲ +9.2%
Lower than 85% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Yea · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Yea
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people use a language other than English at home in Yea compared to the rest of the state. Only 3.6% of residents speak another language, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 84.6% of the population, and only 0.1% of people speak little or no English. This is well below the national figure of 3.4% and among the lowest levels recorded for areas of this size.
0.1% ▼ -61.3%
Lower than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.1%
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 Yea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/204011062/yea/topic/language