3.2% ▲ +36.8%
Lower than 96% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 3.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Remainder of State/Territory · Section of State Range
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken exclusively in 90.7% of homes across the Remainder of State/Territory. This area is far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the country, with very few people using a language other than English at home.
English and the largest community languages.
Only 3.2% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This trend is consistent with the fact that just 0.3% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is much lower than most areas.
3.2% ▲ +36.8%
Lower than 96% of section of state range areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.3% ▲ +15.9%
Lower than 91% of section of state range areas.
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.
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/SOSR631/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/language