9.6% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Carnarvon · Suburb / Locality
Language in Carnarvon
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 9.6% of people in Carnarvon use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While this is well below the state and national figures, it shows a diverse mix of backgrounds. English remains the dominant language for over half the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 9.6% of residents speak another language at home, with Hindi (2.8%) and Vietnamese (1.4%) being the most common after English. This is much higher than most similar areas, though 1.4% of people who speak little or no English is only a little below the national figure.
1.4% ▼ -57.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Carnarvon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50267/carnarvon/topic/language