3.4% ▲ +5.8%
Lower than 98% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bounded Locality · Section of State
Language in Bounded Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Bounded Locality, where only 3.4% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it one of the most linguistically uniform areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Very few residents speak little or no English, at just 0.3%, which is well below the Australian average of 3.4%. This figure has remained steady since 2016, with 89.7% of the population speaking only English.
0.3% ▲ +6.5%
Lower than 87% of section of state areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Bounded Locality [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS12/bounded-locality/topic/language