91.5% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 88.0%
- 2016: 93.0%
- 2021: 91.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Galiwinku · Suburb / Locality
Language in Galiwinku
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly everyone in Galiwinku speaks a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the country. Only 4.8% of residents use English as their only language, which is far lower than the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 91.5% of people use another language at home, a figure far above the Australian average of 22.3%. This is consistent with the fact that 26.5% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than the 3.4% seen across Australia.
26.5% ▲ +26.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 26.5%
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 Galiwinku [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70106/galiwinku/topic/language