9.9% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
West River · Suburb / Locality
Language in West River
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A modest rise in linguistic variety has seen more people using different languages at home in West River since 2011. While 9.9% of residents now speak a language other than English, this figure remains far below the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 9.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Despite this, the typical resident speaks English only, and no one in the area reports speaking little or no English.
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 West River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51584/west-river/topic/language