0.8% ▼ -65.9%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 0.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Awaba · Urban Centre
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Awaba (L) than in the rest of the country. Only 0.8% of residents use another language at home, a figure that is far below both the state and national averages.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 94.8% of the community, and no residents reported speaking little or no English in 2021. This represents a continuing trend, as the proportion of people using another language at home fell from 2.4% in 2011.
0.8% ▼ -65.9%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Awaba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122010/awaba/topic/language