4.0% ▲ +87.5%
Lower than 98% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
West and North West · Region (SA4)
Language in West and North West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive gap in linguistic diversity separates West and North West from the rest of the country, as only 4% of people here use a language other than English at home. This figure is far below the 22.3% national average, marking the area as one of the least linguistically diverse regions in the state.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 90.3% of the population. While the number of people using another language rose 1.9 points since 2011, the 0.4% who speak little or no English remains well below the Australian figure of 3.4%.
0.4% ▲ +21.7%
Lower than 93% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 West and North West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/604/west-and-north-west/topic/language