14.5% ▲ +47.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Butler · Suburb / Locality
Language in Butler
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much lower share of people speak a language other than English in Butler compared to the rest of the country. While 14.5% of residents use another language at home, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. Most residents speak only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 14.5% of people use another language at home, which is much higher than most similar areas, though still well below the state and national averages. Very few people speak little or no English at 1.3%, and the most common non-English languages are Arabic and Tagalog.
1.3% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Butler [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50229/butler/topic/language