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Figure 2. (a) Proportion of Australians (aged 5-years and older) who speak a language other than English by state and (b) Proportion of
Australian children (aged 4- to 5-years) who speak a primary language other than English by state
.
Note: The darkest shade indicates 16–26% speak languages other than English, the mid shade indicates 9–16%, the lighter shade indicates 4–9%
and the lightest indicates 1–3%.
Proportion of people aged 5 years or older from
Australian census data (2006)
Proportion of children aged 4 to 5 years from
Longitudinal Study of Australian Children