16.6% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Laverton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Laverton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much higher share of people use a language other than English at home in Laverton compared to most similar areas. While 16.6% of residents speak another language, this is still well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About half of the people here speak only English at home. Only 0.3% of the population speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the Australian figure of 3.4%.
0.3% ▼ -68.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Laverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50836/laverton/topic/language