3.4% ▲ +82.5%
Lower than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 3.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ravenswood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Ravenswood
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Ravenswood than in most similar areas. Only 3.4% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than the rest of the country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 88.7% of residents. While the share of people using other languages rose 1.6 points since 2011, those who speak little or no English remain very rare at just 0.4%.
0.4% ▲ +33.4%
Lower than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.3%
- 2021: 0.4%
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 Ravenswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011045/ravenswood/topic/language