83.3% ▲ +1905.6%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 83.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Papulankutja · Urban Centre
Language in Papulankutja
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
An overwhelming 83.3% of people in Papulankutja (L) speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure, reflecting a massive shift since 2011 when that number was just 4.2%. It is now one of the highest rates of non-English language use for areas of this type.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.9% of residents speak English only, while the proportion of people who speak little or no English has risen slightly to 4.3%. This last figure is among the highest for similar areas and sits a little above the Western Australian average.
4.3% ▲ —
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Papulankutja [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522053/papulankutja/topic/language