11.6% ▲ +68.0%
Higher than 67% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
100,000 to 249,999 · Section of State Range
Language in 100,000 to 249,999
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in 100,000 to 249,999 than in most similar areas. While 11.6% of residents use another language at home, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%. This linguistic variety has grown steadily over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 80.6% of the area, though the share of people using other languages rose 4.7 points since 2011. Only 1.6% of residents speak little or no English, which is higher than in most similar areas but a little below the Australian average.
1.6% ▲ +47.5%
Higher than 72% of section of state range areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 100,000 to 249,999 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR303/100-000-to-249-999/topic/language