7.7% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 61% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 7.7%
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.
A much lower share of people use a language other than English at home in Bounded Locality compared to the national figure. Only 7.7% of residents speak a different language, a gap of over 15 points below the Australian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 83.5% of the area, and the 7.7% who speak another language at home is a figure that has barely changed since 2011. Only 1.0% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4%.
1.0% ▲ +6.7%
Lower than 53% of section of state areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.0%
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/SOS32/bounded-locality/topic/language