2.9% ▲ +14.7%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 2.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Chidlow · Urban Centre
Language in Chidlow
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for 91.6% of people in Chidlow (L). This is far below the national figure for people speaking other languages at home, and the local trend has barely changed since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 2.9% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the Western Australian average of 18.4%. While the number of people speaking little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains a little below the national figure at 0.8%.
0.8% ▲ —
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Chidlow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521013/chidlow/topic/language