23.4% ▲ +21.9%
Higher than 69% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.2%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Downer · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Downer
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 24% of people in Downer now use a language other than English at home, a figure that has risen by 4.2 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area more linguistically diverse than most similar places, though it remains slightly below the ACT average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 72.5% of residents, followed by Mandarin at 3% and Vietnamese at 1.8%. While 23.4% speak another language at home, only 3.3% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
3.3% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 Downer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801051055/downer/topic/language