11.7% ▲ +26.5%
Higher than 58% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 11.7%
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.
English is the dominant way people communicate in Bounded Locality, where only 11.7% of residents use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making the area much less linguistically diverse than the typical Australian community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most people use only English at home, though the use of other languages rose 2.5 points since 2011. Only 1.1% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4%.
1.1% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 51% of section of state areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.1%
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/SOS52/bounded-locality/topic/language