89.9% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 87.5%
- 2016: 96.5%
- 2021: 89.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ugar Island · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ugar Island
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Almost 90% of people on Ugar Island use a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure, making the island a place where non-English languages are the norm for the vast majority of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
A huge 89.9% of residents speak another language at home, which is far above the 22.3% national figure. This is consistent with the fact that 31.9% of people speak little or no English, a proportion far above both the state and national figures.
31.9% ▲ +287.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 31.9%
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 Ugar Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32893/ugar-island/topic/language