6.1% ▲ +47.6%
Lower than 82% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Fairfax · Federal Electorate
Language in Fairfax
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language used in daily life for Fairfax, where very few people need translation services. Only 6.1% of residents speak a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While the proportion of people using another language at home rose 2.0 points since 2011, it remains much lower than most areas. English is spoken by 88.7% of residents, and the 0.5% who speak little or no English is among the lowest levels across the country.
0.5% ▲ +1.1%
Lower than 90% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Fairfax [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED309/fairfax/topic/language