17.3% ▲ +33.4%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Deakin · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Deakin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Deakin, where 78.4% of people speak only this language at home. While the number of people using other languages rose by 4.3 percentage points since 2011, the area remains much less linguistically diverse than the rest of the territory.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 17.3% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is well below the ACT figure of 24.6%. Only 1.1% speak little or no English, a rate that has barely changed since 2016 and is a little below the national figure.
1.1% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Deakin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801061062/deakin/topic/language