34.0% ▲ +24.3%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 34.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2606, ACT · Postcode
Language in 2606, ACT
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Multilingual conversations are a common part of daily life in postcode 2606, where over a third of residents use a language other than English at home. This level of diversity is far above the national figure and has grown steadily over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 34% of people here use another language at home, which is much higher than most areas and rose 6.6 percentage points since 2011. While English is spoken by 61.7%, other common languages include Mandarin, Tagalog, Punjabi and Cantonese, though the 2.7% who speak little or no English is about the same as the national figure.
2.7% ▼ -29.9%
Higher than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 2606, ACT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2606/2606-act/topic/language