Remainder of State/Territory · Section of State Range

Language in Remainder of State/Territory

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

A rapid 22 percentage point climb in non-English speaking residents has seen the Remainder of State/Territory become much more linguistically diverse. Now, 28.3% of people here use a language other than English at home, a figure well above the national average.

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📍 Remainder of State/Territory, Section of State Range

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is spoken by 37.2% of residents, while Mandarin is the next most common language at 7.2%. This diversity is reflected in the 5.7% of people who speak little or no English, which is among the highest across similar areas.

28.3% ▲ +354.4%

Higher than 87% of section of state range areas.

  • 2011: 6.2%
  • 2016: 36.7%
  • 2021: 28.3%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

5.7% ▲ +1071.3%

Higher than 91% of section of state range areas.

  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 2021: 5.7%

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 82%; Mandarin is next at 16%.

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/SOSR931/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/language