0.9% ▼ -73.5%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 0.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Seaham · Urban Centre
Language in Seaham
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive gap exists between Seaham (L) and the rest of the country, with only 0.9% of people speaking a language other than English at home. This is far below both the state and national figures, making it one of the least linguistically diverse areas at this level. English is the dominant language here for almost everyone.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 0.9% of residents use another language at home, a figure that has fallen 2.6 percentage points since 2011. Consistent with this, 0.0% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the Australian average of 3.4%.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Seaham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122117/seaham/topic/language