3.5% ▲ +21.8%
Lower than 93% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
499 or less · Section of State Range
Language in 499 or less
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 3.5% of people in 499 or less use a language other than English at home. This is one of the lowest rates among similar areas, making the region far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 88.3% of the population. Very few residents struggle with English, with only 0.4% speaking little or no English, a figure that is well below the national average of 3.4%.
0.4% ▲ +38.2%
Lower than 86% of section of state range areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 499 or less [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR122/499-or-less/topic/language