5.4% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Loftus · Suburb / Locality
Language in Loftus
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for 92.7% of residents in Loftus. While the area is far less linguistically diverse than the state or national average, it has a slightly higher share of people speaking other languages than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.4% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This means very few residents struggle with English, as only 0.4% speak little or no English.
0.4% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 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 Loftus [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12380/loftus/topic/language