39.2% ▲ +21.8%
Higher than 93% of section of state areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 35.4%
- 2021: 39.2%
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.
A growing number of people in Other Urban now speak a language other than English, with the figure rising 7.0 percentage points since 2011. Nearly 40% of residents use another language at home, a rate that is far above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 39.2% of people use a language other than English at home, which is among the highest across similar areas. This diversity is reflected in the use of Punjabi, Tagalog, Mandarin, and Hindi, while 5.3% of the population speaks little or no English.
5.3% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 88% of section of state areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.3%
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/SOS71/other-urban/topic/language