16.4% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 15.5%
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Evatt · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Evatt
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language spoken in Evatt, where only 16.4% of people use another language at home. This is well below both the ACT and national figures, making it a less linguistically diverse area than many others in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most residents speak only English (81.4%), and the proportion using another language is well below the ACT's 24.6%. Very few people—just 1.5%—speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.5% ▼ -21.0%
Higher than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Evatt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801011007/evatt/topic/language