4.3% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 83% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Remainder of State/Territory · Section of State Range
Language in Remainder of State/Territory
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English in the Remainder of State/Territory compared to most other areas. Only 4.3% of residents speak another language at home, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the dominant tongue here, with 87.5% of people speaking only English at home. The proportion of residents who speak little or no English is just 0.6%, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 3.4%.
0.6% ▲ +14.9%
Lower than 73% of section of state range areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR231/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/language