36.5% ▲ +34.4%
Higher than 81% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Blackburn South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Blackburn South
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people speak a language other than English in Blackburn South compared to the rest of Australia. About 36.5% of residents use another language at home, a figure that has risen steadily over the last decade. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 60.5% of people, while Mandarin is the next most common at 14.1%. This diversity is reflected in the 7.1% of residents who speak little or no English, which is well above the national figure of 3.4%.
7.1% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 7.1%
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 Blackburn South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/207031162/blackburn-south/topic/language