7.5% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Southern Cross · Urban Centre
Language in Southern Cross
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English at home in Southern Cross (L) compared to most similar areas. While English is the main language for 82.4% of residents, the area maintains a small but steady mix of other languages. This diversity has barely changed over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 7.5% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Only 0.6% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but still a little below the Western Australian average.
0.6% ▼ -51.4%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Southern Cross [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521047/southern-cross/topic/language