8.2% ▲ +44.3%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Emerald · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Emerald
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Emerald, where 83% of people speak it as their only language. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the national average, although the proportion of people using other languages at home has risen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 8.2% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the Australian figure of 22.3%. Very few people struggle with English, with just 1.0% speaking little or no English.
1.0% ▲ +82.1%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Emerald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/308011192/emerald/topic/language