3.1% ▲ +119.2%
Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Houghton · Urban Centre
Language in Houghton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 3.1% of people in Houghton (L) use a language other than English at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%. English is the primary language for almost everyone in this small area.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is spoken by 94.1% of residents, the use of other languages rose slightly to 3.1% since 2011. No one in the area speaks little or no English, which is well below the 3.4% national average.
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 Houghton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421016/houghton/topic/language