12.4% ▲ +158.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Portsmith · Suburb / Locality
Language in Portsmith
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 43.3% of Portsmith residents. While the area has a higher rate of non-English speaking homes than most similar places, it remains well below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 12.4% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. Despite this, only 1.3% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below the Australian average.
1.3% ▲ —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Portsmith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32354/portsmith/topic/language