16.6% ▲ +317.3%
Higher than 53% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Cunningham · Federal Electorate
Language in Cunningham
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A jump of 13 percentage points since 2011 shows a shift in the languages spoken in Cunningham. While 16.6% of people now use a language other than English at home, this is still well below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 78.9% of residents, with Italian, Mandarin, Arabic and Greek also spoken. About 2.7% of people speak little or no English, which is higher than most similar areas.
2.7% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 62% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.7%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Cunningham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED111/cunningham/topic/language