4.8% ▲ +20.7%
Lower than 81% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Wheat Belt - North · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Wheat Belt - North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for daily life in Wheat Belt - North, where only 4.8% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it one of the most linguistically uniform areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Very few people here speak little or no English, at just 0.5%, which is much lower than most areas. While English only is used by 84.2% of residents, the use of other languages rose slightly since 2011 to include small numbers of Tagalog and Mandarin speakers.
0.5% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Wheat Belt - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50902/wheat-belt-north/topic/language