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Stuart Corridor - Nullabor

Language used at home

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In Stuart Corridor - Nullabor, 7.8% of people used a language other than English at home in 2021.

Stuart Corridor - Nullabor's language statistics show the proportion of the population who use a language at home other than English. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language.

Stuart Corridor - Nullabor's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth and Proficiency in English to assist in identifying specific cultural and ethnic groups in the area and the services required by the multicultural community.

Please note: Due to ABS rules regarding perturbation of data to protect the confidentiality of individuals, counts of individual language groups and totals derived from them may differ slightly from those published by the ABS.

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Derived from the Census question:

'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'

Language used at home - Summary
Stuart Corridor - Nullabor - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Language summaryNumber%Outback Communities Authority region %Number%Outback Communities Authority region %2016 to 2021
Speaks English only1,26378.577.41,33073.075.2-67
Non-English total1267.87.81568.67.2-30
Not stated21913.614.833518.417.6-116
Total Population1,608100.0100.01,821100.0100.0-213
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2016 and 2021. Compiled and presented by .id (informed decisions).
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Language used at home - Ranked by size
Stuart Corridor - Nullabor - Total persons (Usual residence)20212016Change
Language (excludes English)Number%Outback Communities Authority region %Number%Outback Communities Authority region %2016 to 2021
Australian Indigenous Languages442.73.8522.92.3-8
German110.70.490.50.4+2

Excludes languages spoken at home by fewer than 10 people.

Dominant groups

Analysis of the language used at home by the population of Stuart Corridor - Nullabor in 2021 compared to Outback Communities Authority region shows that there was a larger proportion of people who used English only, and a similar proportion of those using a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).

Overall, 78.5% of the population used English only, and 7.8% used a non-English language, compared with 77.4% and 7.8% respectively for Outback Communities Authority region.

The dominant language used at home, other than English, in Stuart Corridor - Nullabor was Australian Indigenous Languages, with 2.7% of the population, or 44 people using this language at home.

The major difference between the languages used at home for the population of Stuart Corridor - Nullabor and Outback Communities Authority region in 2021 was:

  • A smaller percentage using Australian Indigenous Languages at home (2.7% compared to 3.8%)

Emerging groups

Between 2016 and 2021, the number of people who used a language other than English at home decreased by 30 or 19.2%, and the number of people who used English only decreased by 67 or 5.0%.

There were no major differences in Stuart Corridor - Nullabor between 2016 and 2021.

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