31.7% ▲ +34.9%
Higher than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2617, ACT · Postcode
Language in 2617, ACT
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly a third of residents in postcode 2617 use a language other than English at home, a figure well above both the ACT and national averages. This linguistic diversity has grown steadily, with the proportion of people speaking other languages rising by 8.2 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 64.4% of people speak only English, 31.7% use another language, with Mandarin being the most common at 6.5%. Despite this high diversity, the 3.1% who speak little or no English is about the same as the figures for the ACT and Australia.
3.1% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 83% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 2617, ACT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2617/2617-act/topic/language