16.4% ▲ +32.7%
Higher than 72% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Major Urban · Section of State
Language in Major Urban
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people in Major Urban speak a language other than English compared to the national average. While 16.4% of residents use another language at home, this is well below the Australian figure of 22.3%. This linguistic variety has grown, rising 4 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 78.3% of the population, with Mandarin being the most common second language at 2.2%. A small number of residents speak little or no English (2.2%), a figure that is higher than most similar areas but a little below the national average.
2.2% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 71% of section of state areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 Major Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS30/major-urban/topic/language