8.5% ▲ +69.0%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Looma · Urban Centre
Language in Looma
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Looma than is typical across Australia. While 22.3% of Australians use another language at home, that figure is just 8.5% in this area.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The proportion of people using another language at home rose to 8.5% since 2011, which is much higher than most similar areas. English only is spoken by 85.9% of residents, and very few people—just 1.2%—speak little or no English.
1.2% ▲ —
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Looma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522043/looma/topic/language