7.2% ▲ +256.2%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Vincentia West · Urban Centre
Language in Vincentia West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in Vincentia West now speak a language other than English at home. While 89.2% of the area speaks only English, the proportion of people using another language rose from 2.0% in 2011 to 7.2% in 2021.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The 7.2% of residents using another language is much higher than in most similar areas, though it remains far below the national figure of 22.3%. Very few people struggle with English here, with only 0.4% speaking little or no English, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
0.4% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Vincentia West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115147/vincentia-west/topic/language