7.4% ▲ +78.7%
Lower than 54% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 7.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
50,000 to 99,999 · Section of State Range
Language in 50,000 to 99,999
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue for the vast majority of people in 50,000 to 99,999, where 87.6% of residents speak only English at home. While the area remains much less linguistically diverse than the national average, the proportion of people using another language at home has risen to 7.4% since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Just 1.3% of people here speak little or no English, which is higher than in most similar areas but still a little below the Australian figure of 3.4%. Aside from English, the most common languages spoken are Punjabi, Mandarin, Tagalog and Arabic.
1.3% ▲ +40.8%
Higher than 63% of section of state range areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.3%
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).
More for 50,000 to 99,999
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in 50,000 to 99,999 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR111/50-000-to-99-999/topic/language