3.0% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 69.9%
- 2021: 3.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Karoonda · Urban Centre
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Language use in Karoonda (L) has remained very steady since 2011, with a vast majority of the community speaking only English. Just 3% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 93.2% of people here. This is far below the Australian average of 22.3% for other languages, and notably, no one in the area reported speaking little or no English in 2021.
3.0% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Karoonda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422025/karoonda/topic/language