8.3% ▲ +33.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Pioneer · Suburb / Locality
Language in Pioneer
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Daily life in Pioneer is dominated by English, with 80.3% of people speaking it as their only language. While this is far below the national figure for language diversity, the area still sees a small variety of tongues spoken in the home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 8.3% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.8% speaking little or no English, a figure that is a little below the national average.
0.8% ▲ +28.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Pioneer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32333/pioneer/topic/language