17.8% ▲ +19.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 17.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
South Murchison · Suburb / Locality
Language in South Murchison
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Language patterns in South Murchison have remained steady over the last decade, with nearly 18% of people speaking another language at home. This is much higher than in most similar areas, though it sits slightly below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 17.8% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is about the same as the Western Australian average. Despite this, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English, a figure well below the national average of 3.4%.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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.
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 Murchison [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51379/south-murchison/topic/language