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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 1 Percentage of people aged 65+ by spoken English language proficiency, 2016

From: Past and projected growth of Australia’s older migrant populations

Broad region of birth

Very well or well

Not well or not at all

Oceania

89

11

North-West Europe

96

4

Southern and Eastern Europe

67

33

North Africa and the Middle East

61

39

South-East Asia

56

44

North-East Asia

31

69

Southern and Central Asia

68

32

Americas

68

32

Sub-Saharan Africa

89

11

  1. Source: ABS 2016 Census
  2. Note: See Appendix Table 4 for the definition of broad regions