5.3% ▲ +134.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Halfway Creek · Suburb / Locality
Language in Halfway Creek
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant tongue in Halfway Creek, where only 5.3% of people use another language at home. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it is still far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English, though 4.1% use Punjabi at home. This contributes to 1.6% of people speaking little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
1.6% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Halfway Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11838/halfway-creek/topic/language