8.6% ▲ +47.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Broadwood · Suburb / Locality
Language in Broadwood
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 8.6% of people in Broadwood use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While this is far below the national figure, the town has a small but diverse mix of speakers, including those who speak Mandarin and Hindi.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language spoken at home for 88.1% of residents. While 0.7% of people speak little or no English, which is higher than most similar areas, this is still a little below the Western Australian figure.
0.7% ▲ +23.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Broadwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50184/broadwood/topic/language