6.1% ▲ +96.7%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Norseman · Urban Centre
Language in Norseman
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 76.4% of people in Norseman. While most residents speak only English, the proportion of people using another language at home has risen to 6.1% since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The 6.1% of people using another language is much higher than in most similar areas, though it remains far below the national figure of 22.3%. Notably, no one in the area reported speaking little or no English, a figure that fell 2.3 points since 2016.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Norseman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521036/norseman/topic/language