2.7% ▲ +50.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Howatharra · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary way people communicate in Howatharra, where very few residents use another language at home. Only 2.7% of the population speaks a language other than English, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
About 88.4% of people use only English at home, a result that is far below the Western Australian average. Despite this, 0.0% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the national figure of 3.4%.
2.7% ▲ +50.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% 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 Howatharra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50658/howatharra/topic/language