24.2% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Perisher Valley · Suburb / Locality
Language in Perisher Valley
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English in Perisher Valley compared to most similar areas. While 24.2% of residents use another language at home, the majority still use English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 16.2%. While many people use another language, only 3% speak little or no English, which is a figure about the same as the national average.
3.0% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Perisher Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13199/perisher-valley/topic/language