10.4% ▲ +38.4%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
The Gap · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in The Gap
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in The Gap compared to the rest of the country. Only 10.4% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the Australian figure of 22.3%. While this gap is large, the number of people using other languages has risen by 2.9 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 87.9% of the area. Very few residents—just 0.8%—speak little or no English, a figure that is lower than most areas and has barely changed since 2016.
0.8% ▼ -19.4%
Lower than 64% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 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 The Gap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/304041103/the-gap/topic/language