Remainder of State/Territory · Section of State Range

Language in Remainder of State/Territory

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.

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📍 Remainder of State/Territory, Section of State Range

Languages 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.

  • 2011: 2.3%
  • 2016: 2.4%
  • 2021: 3.2%

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.

  • 2016: 0.2%
  • 2021: 0.3%

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.

Language used at home

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In Remainder of State/Territory, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 0%.

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/SOSR631/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/language