10.7% ▲ +27.0%
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Harvey · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Harvey
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Harvey compared to the rest of the country. While 22.3% of Australians use another language at home, the figure for Harvey is much lower at 10.7%. This trend is shifting slowly, as the proportion of people using other languages rose by 2.3 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 83.2% of residents, with Italian being the next most common at 2.5%. Only 1.3% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the Western Australia average and has barely changed since 2016.
1.3% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 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 Harvey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/501021014/harvey/topic/language