Back Plains · Suburb / Locality

Language in Back Plains

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is spoken by almost everyone in Back Plains, with 88.5% of the population using only this language at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the country, as no one here uses another language at home.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

The proportion of people using another language at home is 0.0%, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Similarly, there are no residents who speak little or no English.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 4.1%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In Back Plains, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Back Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30112/back-plains/topic/language