3.4% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gibson · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive 19 point gap separates the proportion of people speaking a non-English language in Gibson from the national figure. English is the dominant tongue here, with only 3.4% of residents using another language at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the country.
English and the largest community languages.
English is used by 81.5% of people at home, meaning far fewer residents speak other languages compared to the state and national figures. While 0.7% of people speak little or no English, this is actually higher than most similar areas.
3.4% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.7% ▲ —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Gibson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50539/gibson/topic/language