23.5% ▲ +58.4%
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Banjup · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Banjup
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Banjup speak a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas. About 23.5% of residents use another language, a figure that has risen by 8.7 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area more linguistically diverse than both the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 73.5% of residents, but Mandarin is the most common other language at 5.0%. While more people use other languages here than in most areas, the 2.7% who speak little or no English is about the same as the state and national figures.
2.7% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Banjup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/507011148/banjup/topic/language