6.1% ▲ +56.2%
Lower than 82% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 6.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Fisher · Federal Electorate
Language in Fisher
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 6.1% of people in Fisher use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes the area one of the least linguistically diverse places in the region, although the number of people speaking other languages has risen slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 88.8% of residents, and the 0.5% who speak little or no English is among the lowest across similar areas. This low figure has barely changed since 2016.
0.5% ▲ +9.3%
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 Fisher [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED310/fisher/topic/language