2.4% ▲ +158.9%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Riverton · Urban Centre
Language in Riverton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people use a language other than English at home in Riverton than in most similar areas. Only 2.4% of the population speaks another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area one of the most linguistically uniform in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 92.3% of residents, and the proportion of people using another language at home rose slightly to 2.4% since 2011. Very few people struggle with the local tongue, as only 0.4% speak little or no English.
0.4% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Riverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421035/riverton/topic/language