5.5% ▼ -17.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Paracombe · Suburb / Locality
Language in Paracombe
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken by 91.5% of people in Paracombe, making it a very linguistically uniform area. While most residents speak only English, a small number use other languages at home, which is actually higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 5.5% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Despite this, the 1.8% who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas.
1.8% ▲ —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Paracombe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41100/paracombe/topic/language