7.8% ▲ +5.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 7.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Fishery Falls · Suburb / Locality
Language in Fishery Falls
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Fishery Falls, though a small number of residents now use other languages at home. While 82.9% of people speak only English, there is a growing trend of linguistic diversity compared to a decade ago.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 7.8% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than in most similar areas but far below the national figure of 22.3%. Despite this, 2.0% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.0% ▲ —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.0%
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.
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 Fishery Falls [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31043/fishery-falls/topic/language