3.2% ▲ +15.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Jurien Bay · Suburb / Locality
Language in Jurien Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Jurien Bay, where very few residents use another tongue at home. Only 3.2% of people speak a language other than English, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most people here speak only English, with 87.9% using it exclusively. While the 0.2% who speak little or no English is higher than in most similar areas, this is still well below the Australian average of 3.4%.
0.2% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 Jurien Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50705/jurien-bay/topic/language