7.6% ▲ +32.9%
Higher than 60% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Geraldton · Urban Area
Language in Geraldton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 82.7% of people in Geraldton. While more residents speak a second language at home than in most similar areas, the city remains far more English-speaking than the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The share of people using another language at home rose to 7.6% since 2011, though this is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Most people speak English, and the 0.8% who speak little or no English is slightly below the national average.
0.8% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 51% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Geraldton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/5006/geraldton/topic/language