7.5% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ayr · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ayr
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 83.2% of people in Ayr. While most residents speak only English, the area has a higher rate of people using other languages at home than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 7.5% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Italian is the most common non-English language at 2.1%, and 1.3% of residents speak little or no English.
1.3% ▼ -21.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Ayr [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30110/ayr/topic/language