18.1% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Fulham · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Fulham
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Roughly 4% more people speak only English in Fulham than the national average, though the area remains more linguistically diverse than most similar places. While 18.1% of residents use a language other than English at home, this figure has fallen by 3.4 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 77.7% of residents, followed by Italian, Greek, Punjabi and Mandarin. The proportion of people who speak little or no English is 1.9%, which is higher than most areas but has fallen since 2016.
1.9% ▼ -36.0%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 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 Fulham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/404031105/fulham/topic/language