6.1% ▲ +42.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Eaton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Eaton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 87.6% of people in Eaton. While this is far below the national and state figures for multi-lingual homes, the area has a slightly higher proportion of people using other languages compared to most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 6.1% of residents speak a language other than English at home, which is higher than in most similar areas. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.6% speaking little or no English.
0.6% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Eaton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50472/eaton/topic/language