2.8% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Back Valley · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for daily life in Back Valley, where only 2.8% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it an area with very little linguistic diversity.
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 87.5% of the population. While 0.0% of residents speak little or no English, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.4%, the area is slightly higher than most similar places.
2.8% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Back Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40057/back-valley/topic/language