81.6% ▲ +1410.0%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 81.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Warakurna · Urban Centre
Language in Warakurna
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge 81.6% of people in Warakurna speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This represents a massive shift for the area, as the proportion of people using another language rose by 76 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The use of other languages is among the highest of similar areas, with 10.8% of residents speaking little or no English. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 2.3% and has risen since 2016.
10.8% ▲ —
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.8%
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 Warakurna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522063/warakurna/topic/language