North West Cape · Suburb / Locality

Language in North West Cape

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Almost no one in North West Cape speaks a language other than English at home, making it much less linguistically diverse than most similar areas. While English is the dominant tongue, a small number of residents use Hindi.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Not a single person in the area reports speaking little or no English, which is well below the national figure of 3.4%. English is used by 76.8% of the population, while Hindi is the only other language recorded at 2.3%.

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 0.0%
  • 2016: 3.1%
  • 2021: 0.0%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

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Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 3.1%
  • 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.

Language used at home

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In North West Cape, English only is the majority at 97%; Hindi is next at 3%.

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 North West Cape [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51153/north-west-cape/topic/language