12.1% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Onslow · Suburb / Locality
Language in Onslow
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main way people communicate in Onslow, where 67.4% of residents speak only this language. While most of the community uses English, about 12.1% of people use another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 12.1% of people use a language other than English at home, though this is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Only 0.8% of the population speak little or no English, which is a little below the state and national averages.
0.8% ▼ -27.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Onslow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51181/onslow/topic/language