8.2% ▲ +44.0%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Emerald · Urban Centre
Language in Emerald
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Emerald use a language other than English at home than in most similar areas, though the figure is still quite low. While 8.2% of residents speak another language, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 83.0% of the population. Though the proportion of people using another language has risen to 8.2% since 2011, only 1.0% of residents speak little or no English.
1.0% ▲ +82.1%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Emerald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL313004/emerald/topic/language