25.8% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 63.0%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Fortescue · Suburb / Locality
Language in Fortescue
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over a quarter of people in Fortescue speak a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most other similar regions. While many residents use other languages, very few struggle with English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 25.8% of people use another language at home, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 18.4%. English is the main language for 71.6% of residents, followed by Tagalog and Italian, yet only 1.6% of people speak little or no English.
1.6% ▲ —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Fortescue [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50519/fortescue/topic/language