53.4% —
Higher than 91% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Strathnairn · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Strathnairn
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of the people in Strathnairn now use a language other than English at home. This shift has made the area far more linguistically diverse than the rest of the ACT, with Punjabi and Mandarin among the most common non-English languages spoken.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Over 53% of residents speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is spoken by 42.3% of the area, Punjabi is used by 8.8%, and 3.4% of people speak little or no English.
3.4% —
Higher than 73% 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.
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 Strathnairn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801011143/strathnairn/topic/language