28.5% ▲ +56.1%
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Larrakeyah · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Larrakeyah
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A 10 percentage point rise since 2011 has made Larrakeyah more linguistically diverse. Now, 28.5% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. This shift makes the area much more diverse than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is the main language for 60.4% of people, others commonly speak Mandarin, Tagalog, Vietnamese or Greek. Only 2.0% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
2.0% ▼ -14.1%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Larrakeyah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/701011005/larrakeyah/topic/language