4.7% ▲ +86.8%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Uki · Urban Centre
Language in Uki
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A small rise in multilingualism defines Uki (L), where the share of people using another language at home nearly doubled between 2011 and 2021. While the area remains far less diverse than the state or national average, this shift is reflected in a growing number of residents who speak little or no English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 76.8% of residents, though 4.7% now use another language at home, which is higher than most similar areas. This has grown since 2011, and 2.4% of the population now speak little or no English.
2.4% ▲ —
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 Uki [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122143/uki/topic/language