2.1% ▲ +17.7%
Lower than 97% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Grafton Surrounds · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Grafton Surrounds
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Just 2.1% of people in Grafton Surrounds use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure. This makes it one of the areas with the lowest linguistic diversity in the region. The community is overwhelmingly English-speaking, a trend that has remained steady for over a decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 84.6% of residents. This explains why only 0.2% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages. Other languages spoken here include Punjabi, Mandarin, Tagalog, and Vietnamese, though each accounts for a very small number of people.
0.2% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.2%
- 2021: 0.2%
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 Grafton Surrounds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/104011081/grafton-surrounds/topic/language