9.5% ▲ +87.8%
Lower than 66% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Blair · Federal Electorate
Language in Blair
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 9.5% of people in Blair use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This reflects a community where English is dominant, though the use of other languages has risen since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 84.2% of residents. While the proportion of people using other languages is much lower than in most areas, those who speak little or no English make up only 1.1% of the population.
1.1% ▲ +9.9%
Lower than 67% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Blair [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED301/blair/topic/language