22.0% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 63% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.3%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Canberra · Federal Electorate
Language in Canberra
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About the same as the national figure, 22% of people in Canberra speak a language other than English at home. This represents a diverse population that has remained steady over the last decade, with English remaining the dominant language for 72.7% of residents.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 22% of people use another language at home, only 1.9% speak little or no English, a figure that is lower than the national average and has fallen since 2016. Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 3.8%, followed by Vietnamese and Cantonese at 1% each.
1.9% ▼ -44.0%
Higher than 52% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Canberra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED802/canberra/topic/language