24.6% ▲ +35.8%
Higher than 83% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Unincorporated ACT · Council (LGA)
Language in Unincorporated ACT
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A little more than 24% of people in Unincorporated ACT speak a language other than English at home, which is a little above the national figure. This reflects a growing trend in the area, with the number of people using another language rising by 6.5 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 24.6% of residents use a language other than English at home, a rate much higher than most areas and similar to the territory average. While English is the main language for 71.3% of people, others include Mandarin, Vietnamese, Punjabi and Hindi. Only 2.5% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
2.5% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 80% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Unincorporated ACT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA89399/unincorporated-act/topic/language