92.4% ▲ +27.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.5%
- 2016: 88.4%
- 2021: 92.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gibson Desert North · Suburb / Locality
Language in Gibson Desert North
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge 70 percentage point gap separates Gibson Desert North from the national figure for language diversity. This is an area where nearly everyone speaks a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse places in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 92.4% of people use another language at home, a figure far above the 22.3% seen across Australia. This high rate is consistent with the 21.4% who speak little or no English, which is also far above the national figure.
21.4% ▲ +21.4%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.6%
- 2021: 21.4%
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 Gibson Desert North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50540/gibson-desert-north/topic/language