2.9% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Far Central West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Far Central West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 2.9% of people in Far Central West use a language other than English at home. This is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia, and the proportion has barely changed since 2011. It is a very linguistically uniform area.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 82.1% of residents, with the area seeing far fewer non-English speakers than most other places. Similarly, the 0.3% of people who speak little or no English is well below the national figure.
0.3% ▼ -26.5%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Far Central West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/315031410/far-central-west/topic/language