83.0% ▲ +10.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 75.3%
- 2016: 66.6%
- 2021: 83.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Pirlangimpi · Suburb / Locality
Language in Pirlangimpi
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge majority of people in Pirlangimpi use a language other than English at home, a trend that has remained strong over the last decade. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region, with 83% of residents speaking another language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 83% of people use another language at home—far above the national figure of 22.3%—only 3.2% speak little or no English. This is about the same as the typical Australian household, despite only 13.6% of the population speaking English only.
3.2% ▲ +134.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 3.2%
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 Pirlangimpi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70226/pirlangimpi/topic/language