9.9% ▲ +87.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Peak Hill · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Language use in Peak Hill has remained steady since 2011, with nearly half of the residents speaking only English at home. While 9.9% of people use another language, this is much higher than in most similar areas.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 47.9% of residents. While the proportion of people using another language is well below the Western Australian and national figures, no one in the area speaks little or no English.
9.9% ▲ +87.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Peak Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51218/peak-hill/topic/language