5.9% ▲ +35.3%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 5.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bruce Rock · Urban Centre
Language in Bruce Rock
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in Bruce Rock have started using a language other than English at home since 2011. While the proportion of people speaking another language rose to 5.9%, the vast majority of the community still speaks only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 81.7% of residents. While 5.9% of people use another language at home—which is higher than most similar areas—this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%. Only 1.1% of people speak little or no English.
1.1% ▼ -29.4%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Bruce Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521009/bruce-rock/topic/language