2.6% ▼ -49.2%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 2.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Clarence · State Electorate
Language in Clarence
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 2.6% of people in Clarence used a language other than English at home in 2021, a figure that has fallen from 5.2% since 2011. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 88.5% of residents. Very few people speak little or no English (0.3%), which is well below the national figure of 3.4%.
0.3% ▲ +26.6%
Lower than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.3%
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).
More for Clarence
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Clarence [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10019/clarence/topic/language