7.0% ▲ +21.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 7.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Northam · Suburb / Locality
Language in Northam
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 82.3% of people in Northam. While most residents speak only English, about 7% use another language at home, which is higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 7% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the national average of 22.3%. Despite this, 0.9% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than the rate seen in most similar areas.
0.9% ▲ +23.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.9%
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).
More for Northam
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Northam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51157/northam/topic/language