5.1% ▲ +21.9%
Lower than 84% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2021: 5.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Vasse (South West) · State Electorate
Language in Vasse (South West)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for nearly 89% of people in Vasse. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages, though the proportion of people using another language at home rose slightly to 5.1% since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.1% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Because of this, very few people—just 0.5%—speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below the Australian average.
0.5% —
Lower than 87% of state electorate areas.
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 Vasse (South West) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED55306/vasse/topic/language