2.9% ▲ +44.2%
Lower than 99% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Lower North · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Lower North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 2.9% of people in Lower North used a language other than English at home in 2021, though this is a small increase from 2.0% in 2011. The area remains one of the most linguistically uniform across the region, with the vast majority of residents speaking only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 91.1% of residents, meaning the proportion of people using other languages is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Very few people struggle with English, as only 0.3% speak little or no English, which is well below the Australian average.
0.3% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 96% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Lower North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40502/lower-north/topic/language