22.7% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 22.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ashburton · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Ashburton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Multilingual households are common in Ashburton, where 22.7% of people speak a language other than English at home. This proportion has risen by 2.6 percentage points since 2011, making it higher than most similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is spoken by 74.1% of residents, while Mandarin is the most common other language at 7.5%. Only 3.3% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is a little below the Victorian average and has barely changed since 2016.
3.3% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.3%
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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Ashburton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207011146/ashburton/topic/language