5.5% ▼ -17.7%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 5.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Karloo · Suburb / Locality
Language in Karloo
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant tongue in Karloo, where 68.7% of people speak only English at home. While a small number of residents use other languages, the area has seen a steady trend of English remaining the primary means of communication over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 5.5% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure of 22.3%. Meanwhile, 1.8% of residents speak little or no English, a rate that is much higher than most similar areas.
1.8% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Karloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50730/karloo/topic/language