Australian Sign Language in Australia

Speakers

10,112

Type

Location

Australian Sign Language in Australia

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Australian Sign Language in Australia

Size

10,112

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
No

3. State

Documentation: materials

Asynchronicity

  • Pervasive uses of asynchronicity by all users in a wide range of domains
  • Frequent uses of asynchronicity by a majority of users in several contexts
  • Habitual uses of asynchronicity by a good number of users which may be limited to specific contexts
  • Occasional and unsystematic use of asynchronicity
  • Very limited use of asynchronicity by a few individuals only
  • Not used for purposes of asynchronicity

4. Users

Geographical distribution

  • Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
  • Users live in one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
  • Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
  • Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
  • Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

  • Rural
  • Urban

Size / Number of users

Number of users

10112
Source
ABS Census of Population and Housing
Year
2016

Users within total population

0.04000
Less than 1% use the language

PROPORTION

0
Source
ABS Census of Population and Housing
Year
2016

Age distribution of users

7,165
71
percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)
Source

ABS Census of Population and Housing

Year
2016
Comments

Reference Community is those signing Auslan at home

Age distribution of users

2,266
22
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)
Source

ABS Census of Population and Housing

Year
2016
Comments

Reference Community is those signing Auslan at home

Age distribution of users

679
7
percentage of members of older generations (> 65)
Source

ABS Census of Population and Housing

Year
2016
Comments

Reference Community is those signing Auslan at home

5. Use

Completion