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Jacobs Well · Suburb / Locality

Language in Jacobs Well

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

English is the dominant tongue for 91.8% of people in Jacobs Well. This means far fewer residents speak another language at home compared to the national figure, making the area very linguistically uniform.

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📍 Jacobs Well, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.3% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the 22.3% national average. While 0.5% of the population speak little or no English, this is actually higher than most similar areas.

People using another language at home

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4.3% ▲ +46.4%

Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.5% ▲ +176.5%

Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

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 Jacobs Well, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 0%.

English only 91.8% Italian 0.3% Cantonese 0.3% Hindi 0.3% Mandarin 0.2% Arabic 0.1% Greek 0.1% Tagalog 0.1%

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 Jacobs Well [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31424/jacobs-well/topic/language