68.7% ▲ +7.5%
Higher than 99% of section of state range areas.
- 2011: 63.9%
- 2016: 63.9%
- 2021: 68.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
499 or less · Section of State Range
Language in 499 or less
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge 46 percentage point gap separates 499 or less from the national average in the use of languages other than English. This area is far more linguistically diverse than most, with 68.7% of people speaking a language other than English at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language at home rose to 68.7% since 2011, which is among the highest for similar areas. While 24.4% speak only English, 7.0% speak little or no English—a figure well above the national average of 3.4%.
7.0% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 93% of section of state range areas.
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 499 or less [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sosr/SOSR722/499-or-less/topic/language