1.8% ▼ -73.3%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 1.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Elliston · Urban Centre
Language in Elliston
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far lower proportion of people use a language other than English at home in Elliston compared to the rest of the country. Only 1.8% of the population speaks another language, a figure that has fallen by 5 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 89.8% of the area, meaning the rate of non-English speakers is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This is consistent with the fact that no one in the community reports speaking little or no English.
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 Elliston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422020/elliston/topic/language