6.0% ▲ +46.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Norseman · Suburb / Locality
Language in Norseman
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for almost everyone in Norseman, with 75.8% of residents speaking it exclusively. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the state or national averages, as very few people here use a language other than English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 6% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This low level of diversity is reflected in the fact that no one in the area speaks little or no English.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Norseman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51127/norseman/topic/language