36.0% ▲ +202.6%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 33.7%
- 2021: 36.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Djarindjin - Lombadina · Urban Centre
Language in Djarindjin - Lombadina
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A high proportion of residents in Djarindjin - Lombadina speak a language other than English at home, with 36% doing so. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and represents a significant increase over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Since 2011, the share of people using another language at home has risen by 24 percentage points to 36%, far above the national figure of 22.3%. While this is much higher than most areas, those who speak little or no English are few at 1.2%, which is slightly below the Western Australian average.
1.2% ▼ -57.4%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Djarindjin - Lombadina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522020/djarindjin-lombadina/topic/language