2.4% ▲ +74.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Northampton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Northampton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the overwhelming primary language for daily life in Northampton, where only 2.4% of people use another language at home. This is far below the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 81.8% of residents speak only English. While the 0.5% of people who speak little or no English is higher than in most similar areas, this figure remains a little below the state and national levels.
0.5% ▲ —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Northampton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51158/northampton/topic/language