5.9% ▼ -14.2%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
South Carnarvon · Suburb / Locality
Language in South Carnarvon
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for nearly three quarters of people in South Carnarvon, making it a place with very little linguistic diversity. While 5.9% of residents use another language at home, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English (73.6%), though the 5.9% who use other languages at home is higher than in most similar areas. Very few people speak little or no English (0.9%), which is a little below the figures for Western Australia and the nation.
0.9% ▲ +187.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in South Carnarvon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51365/south-carnarvon/topic/language