8.6% ▲ +180.9%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 8.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Toomelah · Urban Centre
Language in Toomelah
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 89.8% of people in Toomelah. While most residents speak only English, the proportion of people using another language at home has risen to 8.6%. This is much higher than in most similar areas, though it remains far below the state and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The number of people speaking another language at home rose by 5.5 percentage points since 2011. Alongside this, 3.7% of residents now speak little or no English, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas.
3.7% ▲ —
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Toomelah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122136/toomelah/topic/language