31.8% ▲ +248.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.1%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 31.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Officer · Suburb / Locality
Language in Officer
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than three in ten people in Officer speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind. This variety reflects a community where 31.8% of residents use another language, a figure well above the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 64.4% of residents, while Punjabi (4.6%) and Hindi (1.9%) are the most common other tongues. Despite this diversity, only 2.8% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the Victorian figure.
2.8% ▲ +67.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 Officer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22006/officer/topic/language