6.5% ▲ +29.2%
Lower than 69% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 6.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Other Urban · Section of State
Language in Other Urban
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 86.0% of people in Other Urban, making it a place where very few residents speak a different language at home. Only 6.5% of the population uses another language, a figure that is far below the national average of 22.3%. Despite this, the proportion of people using other languages rose by 1.5 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most people here speak only English, and very few—just 0.8%—speak little or no English. This is lower than most similar areas and a little below the Australian figure of 3.4%, a trend that has barely changed since 2016.
0.8% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 60% of section of state areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Other Urban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sos/SOS31/other-urban/topic/language