24.4% ▲ +62.0%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Larapinta · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Larapinta
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 70% of people in Larapinta speak only English at home. While this is the dominant language, the number of people using other languages has risen by 9.3 percentage points since 2011 to reach 24.4%. This makes the area slightly more linguistically diverse than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 24.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, with Punjabi, Tagalog, Mandarin and Hindi being the most common. Very few people struggle with English, as only 2.2% speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure.
2.2% ▲ +34.9%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 Larapinta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/702011048/larapinta/topic/language