43.4% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 43.9%
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Canterbury (North) - Ashbury · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Canterbury (North) - Ashbury
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of the people in Canterbury (North) - Ashbury speak only English at home, though a large minority use another language. It is a linguistically diverse area where 43.4% of residents speak a language other than English, a figure that has remained steady since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the most common language (52.8%), followed by Greek (6.1%) and Mandarin (5.5%). This diversity is reflected in the 8.5% of people who speak little or no English, which is well above the national figure of 3.4%.
8.5% ▲ +6.3%
Higher than 90% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 8.5%
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 Canterbury (North) - Ashbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/120031392/canterbury-ashbury/topic/language