1.6% ▼ -38.4%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Smythesdale · Urban Centre
Language in Smythesdale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
The proportion of people speaking a language other than English in Smythesdale (L) has fallen since 2011, now sitting at just 1.6%. This makes it an area where English is overwhelmingly the primary language, far below both the state and national figures.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 90.7% of people here speak only English at home, a figure that is far below the 22.3% national average for other languages. This is consistent with the fact that no one in the area speaks little or no English.
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 Smythesdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL221066/smythesdale/topic/language