9.1% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 9.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Freshwater · Suburb / Locality
Language in Freshwater
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Freshwater use a language other than English at home than in most similar areas, though this is still low compared to the rest of the country. While 9.1% of residents speak another language, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 87.2% of residents. Only 0.3% of people speak little or no English, which is higher than most similar areas but well below the Australian average of 3.4%.
0.3% ▼ -43.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Freshwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31087/freshwater/topic/language