2.0% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cape Bridgewater · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English has remained the dominant tongue in Cape Bridgewater, with very few residents using other languages at home. Only 2% of people speak a language other than English, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This reflects a community with very little linguistic diversity compared to the rest of the country.
English and the largest community languages.
Almost everyone here speaks only English at home, making up 94.7% of the population. The 2% who use another language is much lower than most areas, and there are no residents who speak little or no English.
2.0% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 60% 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 Cape Bridgewater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20469/cape-bridgewater/topic/language