6.1% ▲ +37.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Roma · Suburb / Locality
Language in Roma
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Roma use a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas, though the overall level remains very low. Just 6.1% of the population speaks another language, which is far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 82.9% of residents speak only English, 6.1% use another language at home, with Tagalog being the most common non-English tongue at 1.2%. Very few people struggle with English, as only 0.3% speak little or no English, a figure well below the Australian average.
0.3% ▼ -46.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 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 Roma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32464/roma/topic/language