1.4% ▲ —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Smoky Bay · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower share of people use a language other than English at home in Smoky Bay compared to the rest of the country. Only 1.4% of residents speak another language, which is a huge gap compared to the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 88.9% of the population. Very few people struggle with English here, with 0.0% speaking little or no English, which is well below the Australian average of 3.4%.
1.4% ▲ —
Lower than 64% 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 Smoky Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41348/smoky-bay/topic/language