Quairading · Suburb / Locality

Language in Quairading

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

A far lower share of people use a language other than English at home in Quairading compared to the rest of the country. Only 3.7% of residents speak a different language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the town much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 71.1% of residents, and no one in the area reports speaking little or no English. Tagalog is the most common second language at 1.0%, though the overall use of other languages is far below the Western Australian average.

3.7% ▲ +118.9%

Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.7%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 3.7%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 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 Quairading, English only is the majority at 99%; Tagalog is next at 1%.

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 Quairading [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51268/quairading/topic/language