4.8% ▲ +150.4%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Smithton · Urban Centre
Language in Smithton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in Smithton now speak a language other than English at home, rising to 4.8% in 2021. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it remains far below the national figure. The town remains overwhelmingly English-speaking.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 87.1% of residents. Only 0.3% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016 and sits well below the Australian average.
0.3% ▼ -32.1%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 0.4%
- 2021: 0.3%
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 Smithton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615023/smithton/topic/language