11.5% ▲ +34.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 11.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Jamisontown · Suburb / Locality
Language in Jamisontown
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Most people in Jamisontown speak English as their main language, though a small number of residents use other languages daily. While 11.5% of the population speaks a language other than English at home, this is much higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 82.4% of residents. The 11.5% who use another language at home is far below the national figure of 22.3%, and those who speak little or no English (1.5%) are a little below the Australian average of 3.4%.
1.5% ▼ -14.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Jamisontown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12009/jamisontown/topic/language