5.3% ▲ +12.1%
Lower than 74% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
4,999 or less · Section of State Range
Language in 4,999 or less
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Barely any change has occurred in the languages spoken across 4,999 or less since 2011. English remains the dominant tongue here, with only 5.3% of people using another language at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.3% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This trend has remained steady since 2011, and very few residents—just 0.8%—speak little or no English.
0.8% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 57% of section of state range areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 4,999 or less [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR415/4-999-or-less/topic/language