15.0% ▲ +202.7%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Meekatharra · Urban Centre
Language in Meekatharra
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for 66.1% of people in Meekatharra (L). While this is the most common choice, the proportion of people using another language at home has risen by 10 percentage points since 2011 to reach 15.0%. This makes the area's linguistic diversity much higher than in most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 15.0% of residents use a language other than English at home, though this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. A small number of people (1.8%) speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
1.8% ▲ +314.2%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Meekatharra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521032/meekatharra/topic/language