1.9% ▲ +166.7%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 1.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Harcourt · Urban Centre
Language in Harcourt
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language in Harcourt, with 90.9% of residents speaking only English at home. This is a very high proportion compared to the rest of the country, though a small number of people using other languages have joined the area since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 1.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Despite this, 0.9% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas.
0.9% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Harcourt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221032/harcourt/topic/language