6.6% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 6.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Childers · Urban Centre
Language in Childers
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 80.7% of people in Childers. While this is far below the national figure for language diversity, the number of people using a language other than English has risen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 6.6% of residents speak another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Meanwhile, 2.6% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that has risen since 2016 and is now among the highest for areas of this size.
2.6% ▲ +301.5%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Childers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315019/childers/topic/language