12.6% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 50% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ainslie · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Ainslie
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 12.6% of people in Ainslie speak a language other than English at home, which is far below the ACT average. This level of linguistic diversity has remained steady over the last decade, leaving the area much less multilingual than most other parts of the territory.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 84.0% of residents. Just 1.8% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the ACT average and has barely changed since 2016.
1.8% ▼ -26.6%
Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Ainslie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801051050/ainslie/topic/language