2.3% ▼ -96.6%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 68.0%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 2.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rubyvale · Urban Centre
Language in Rubyvale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A massive drop in foreign language use has occurred in Rubyvale, where only 2.3% of people now speak a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure and reflects a sharp change from a decade ago.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language at home fell by 66 percentage points since 2011, leaving Rubyvale much lower than most similar areas. English is the only language spoken by 82% of residents, and no one reported speaking little or no English.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 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 Rubyvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321089/rubyvale/topic/language