Pegarah · Suburb / Locality

Language in Pegarah

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

More people in Pegarah use a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. While 5.4% of the population speaks another language, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%. Overall, the area is very linguistically uniform.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the only language spoken at home for 90.5% of residents. This explains why no one in the area speaks little or no English, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 3.4%.

5.4% ▼ -15.9%

Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 6.5%
  • 2016: 2.2%
  • 2021: 5.4%

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

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.

Language used at home

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In Pegarah, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Pegarah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60498/pegarah/topic/language