33.5% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Palmerston City · Suburb / Locality
Language in Palmerston City
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people speak a language other than English at home in Palmerston City compared to the rest of Australia. About 33.5% of residents use another language, which is among the highest proportions for areas of this size. This creates a linguistically diverse community where nearly one in three people is multilingual.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 49% of people speak only English, others use Mandarin, Punjabi, or Tagalog. Only 2.6% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
2.6% ▲ —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Palmerston City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70216/palmerston-city/topic/language