4.3% ▲ +106.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Romaine · Suburb / Locality
Language in Romaine
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Language use in Romaine has remained very stable over the last decade, with English continuing to be the primary tongue. Very few residents use a language other than English at home, with only 4.3% doing so.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most people here speak only English, at 91.9%. This means the share of people using another language at home is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Only 0.6% speak little or no English, which is higher than most similar areas.
0.6% ▲ —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Romaine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60566/romaine/topic/language