7.7% ▲ +158.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Southern Cross · Suburb / Locality
Language in Southern Cross
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 82.7% of people in Southern Cross. While more residents here speak a second language than in most similar areas, this is still far below the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 7.7% of people use another language at home, which is higher than in most similar areas. However, very few struggle with English, as only 0.5% speak little or no English.
0.5% ▲ —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Southern Cross [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51393/southern-cross/topic/language