19.2% ▲ +19.9%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.0%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Highbury - Dernancourt · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Highbury - Dernancourt
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A gap of 3.1 percentage points separates Highbury - Dernancourt from the national average for language diversity. While 19.2% of people here speak a language other than English at home, this is well below the Australian figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 78.4% of residents, though the share of people using another language rose to 19.2% since 2011. This is higher than most similar areas, with Italian, Mandarin, Punjabi and Greek being the most common non-English languages spoken.
1.9% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Highbury - Dernancourt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/402051051/highbury-dernancourt/topic/language