10.2% ▲ +168.3%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Arrawarra · Urban Centre
Language in Arrawarra
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much more diverse than most similar areas, Arrawarra has seen a rise in the number of people using languages other than English at home. While 85.4% of residents speak only English, the variety of languages spoken has grown significantly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 10.2% of people now use another language at home, which is much higher than in similar areas and rose 6.4 points since 2011. This includes small numbers of Mandarin, Punjabi and Vietnamese speakers, while those who speak little or no English make up 1.7% of the population.
1.7% ▲ +119.3%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.7%
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.
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 Arrawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115004/arrawarra/topic/language