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Spence · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Spence

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant tongue in Spence, where 85.4% of residents speak only this language at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the territory, though the number of people using other languages has risen slightly since 2011.

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📍 Spence, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 11.1% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the Australian Capital Territory figure of 24.6%. Most of these residents speak Mandarin, Vietnamese, or Greek, and the proportion of people who speak little or no English is a little below the national figure at 1.4%.

People using another language at home

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11.1% ▲ +10.5%

Lower than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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1.4% ▼ -29.5%

Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Spence, English only is the majority at 96%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 85.4% Mandarin 1.1% Vietnamese 0.9% Greek 0.9% Arabic 0.6% Italian 0.2% Hindi 0.2%

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 Spence [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801011025/spence/topic/language