16.7% ▲ +18.9%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.1%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gray · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Gray
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Average levels of linguistic diversity define Gray, where about 16.7% of people speak a language other than English at home. This is well below the national figure, but the number of people using other languages has risen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 67.4% of residents speak only English, Tagalog is the most common second language at 1.9%. Very few people struggle with English, as only 1.9% speak little or no English, which is a little below the Northern Territory figure.
1.9% ▲ +18.7%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Gray [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/701041039/gray/topic/language