Summary

This question asks participants to self-assess their English language proficiency. It asks them to rate their speaking, understanding, reading and writing proficiency in English.

Details

Response Options: There are three response options (not well, well, and very well) for each of the four areas (speaking, understanding, reading and writing).

Response: 1,917 respondents answered this question.

It should be noted that this question reflects subjective self-assessment of one's English language skills and is not an objective measure.

Results: The sample had high levels of English language proficiency. Over 90% of people surveyed said they could speak (93.8%), understand (95.9%), read (95.3%) and/or write (93.5%) English 'well' or 'very well'. The high level of overall English language proficiency, and likely reflects the high level of English language literacy required to complete the survey. When we remove those who were born in Australia or in other mainly-English-speaking countries (primarily New Zealand), the level of English language competency is still very high - over 90% state they can either speak, understand, read and/or write English 'well' or 'very well'.

Below is a breakdown of the responses:

Related entries