44.1% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.5%
- 2016: 55.0%
- 2021: 44.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Emungalan · Suburb / Locality
Language in Emungalan
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge variety of languages are spoken in Emungalan, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. Nearly 44% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 44.1% of residents use another language at home, a rate far above the 22.3% seen across Australia. This high level of diversity is reflected in the fact that 5.1% of people speak little or no English, which is a little above the national figure.
5.1% ▲ +54.6%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Emungalan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70094/emungalan/topic/language