7.4% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rous · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue spoken in Rous, where 90% of people use only this language at home. While slightly more people here use a second language compared to most similar areas, the overall figure is far below the national average.
English and the largest community languages.
About 7.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the 22.3% national figure. Despite this, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English.
7.4% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Rous [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13442/rous/topic/language