40.3% ▲ +51.4%
Higher than 92% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 40.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2914, ACT · Postcode
Language in 2914, ACT
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Forty percent of people in postcode 2914 use a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. This shift is a recent trend, with the proportion of non-English speakers rising by 14 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 56% of residents speak only English, Mandarin is the most common second language at 4.9%, followed by Punjabi, Hindi and Vietnamese. Around 4.3% of people speak little or no English, which is a little above the territory figure and much higher than most areas.
4.3% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 87% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.3%
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).
More for 2914, ACT
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in 2914, ACT [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA2914/2914-act/topic/language