17.0% ▲ +3.9%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 17.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Higgins · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Higgins
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue for the vast majority of people in Higgins, where 80.1% only speak it at home. While this is higher than the national figure, the area is more linguistically diverse than many similar neighbourhoods.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 17% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure that has barely changed since 2011 and is well below the ACT average of 24.6%. Only 2.6% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the national figure.
2.6% ▲ +3.2%
Higher than 66% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 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 Higgins [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801011014/higgins/topic/language