10.8% —
Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Broome · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Broome
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 10.8% of people in Broome use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia, though the proportion of people speaking other languages has risen slightly since 2016.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 74.1% of residents. Very few people struggle with English here, with only 0.7% speaking little or no English, which is lower than most areas and a little below the figures for both Western Australia and the nation.
0.7% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Broome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/510011262/broome/topic/language