1.3% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 1.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tumby Bay · Urban Centre
Language in Tumby Bay
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A vast majority of residents in Tumby Bay speak only English at home. This is a very high rate compared to other areas, as only 1.3% of people use another language, a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 93.5% of the community, leaving Tumby Bay far below the national figure for non-English speakers. Very few people struggle with English, with only 0.3% speaking little or no English, which is well below the Australian average.
0.3% ▼ -73.0%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Tumby Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415042/tumby-bay/topic/language