35.2% ▲ +26.7%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 30.1%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2913, ACT · Postcode
Language in 2913, ACT
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English at home in postcode 2913 than in most similar areas. Around 35.2% of residents use a second language, a figure that has risen by 7.4 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than both the ACT and the rest of Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 61.5% of residents speak only English, 35.2% use another language, with Mandarin (4.9%) and Punjabi (2.7%) being the most common. This high diversity is reflected in the 4.2% of people who speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most areas.
4.2% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 2913, ACT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2913/2913-act/topic/language