6.5% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 61% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 6.5%
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.
Only 6.5% of people in the Remainder of State/Territory use a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%. English is the dominant language spoken across this vast area, and this pattern has barely changed over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 80.8% of residents. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.6% speaking little or no English, which is a little below the Australian average of 3.4%.
0.6% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 72% of section of state range areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 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/SOSR531/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/language