13.8% ▲ +46.0%
Higher than 53% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Well below the national average, only 13.8% of people in Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood use a language other than English at home. While English is the dominant tongue, the area has become more linguistically diverse as this figure rose 4.3 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English (80.6%), with small numbers speaking Arabic, Tagalog, Mandarin and Punjabi. Very few people struggle with the local language, as only 1.5% speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.5% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Butler - Merriwa - Ridgewood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/505031099/butler-merriwa-ridgewood/topic/language