33.7% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 79% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 33.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bruce · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Bruce
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than one third of people in Bruce use a language other than English at home, making it far more linguistically diverse than the national average. This shift toward a multicultural community has grown steadily, with the proportion of people speaking other languages rising by 5.2 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 33.7% of residents speak a language other than English, which is well above the ACT figure of 24.6%. While English is the most common language at 62.7%, Mandarin is the next most spoken at 6.7%, followed by Cantonese, Vietnamese, and Hindi.
2.6% ▼ -41.6%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Bruce [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801011003/bruce/topic/language