2.7% ▼ -62.5%
Lower than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Capel · Urban Centre
Language in Capel
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for almost everyone living in Capel, where only 2.7% of people use another language at home. This is far below the national figure of 22.3%, making it an area with very little linguistic diversity compared to the rest of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using a language other than English fell from 7.1% in 2011 to just 2.7% in 2021. Because of this, only 0.1% of residents speak little or no English, which is well below the Australian average of 3.4%.
0.1% ▼ -36.9%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.1%
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 Capel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515005/capel/topic/language