12.3% ▲ +38.9%
Higher than 81% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Karratha · Urban Area
Language in Karratha
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 72.3% of people in Karratha. While most residents speak only English, the share of people using another language at home has risen to 12.3% since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 12.3% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas, though still well below the national figure of 22.3%. Very few people speak little or no English, at just 0.9%.
0.9% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 63% of urban area areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Karratha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/5008/karratha/topic/language