26.2% ▲ +49.1%
Higher than 84% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 26.2%
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.
More than a quarter of people in Major Urban use a language other than English at home, making it a linguistically diverse area. This figure has jumped 8.6 percentage points since 2011, showing that the local community is becoming more multicultural over time.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 26.2% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is used by 64.1%, other common languages include Greek, Tagalog, and Mandarin, though the 2.7% who speak little or no English is about the same as the Australian average.
2.7% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 74% of section of state areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.7%
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/SOS70/major-urban/topic/language