10.8% ▲ +83.8%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Broome · Urban Centre
Language in Broome
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Broome than across Australia, where the national figure is 22.3%. While the number of people using another language at home has risen to 10.8%, the area remains much less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 10.8% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Most people speak English only (74.1%), and only 0.7% speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
0.7% ▼ -21.0%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.7%
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 Broome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL513001/broome/topic/language