10.1% —
Lower than 63% of capital city areas.
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
No usual address · Capital City
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
In No usual address, other language is below average.
English and the largest community languages.
10.1% of residents in No usual address use a language other than English at home — below average (below the national 22.3%). 1.4% of people in No usual address speak English not well or not at all, down 45.3% since 2016, around the middle of the range (below the national 3.4%).
The most common language used at home is English only at 56%, ahead of Mandarin (1%).
10.1% —
Lower than 63% of capital city areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
1.4% ▼ -45.3%
Higher than 50% of capital city areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in No usual address [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/gccsa/19499/no-usual-address/topic/language