4.8% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Port Hughes · Suburb / Locality
Language in Port Hughes
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Port Hughes speak a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas. While 90.7% of the community speaks only English, the local diversity is slightly higher than in nearby spots, though it remains far below the state and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 4.8% of residents use another language at home, which is higher than in most similar areas but far below the national figure of 22.3%. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.5% speaking little or no English.
0.5% ▼ -33.8%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Port Hughes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41198/port-hughes/topic/language