14.9% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.4%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Banks · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Banks
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A growing number of people in Banks have started using a language other than English at home, rising by 2.5 percentage points since 2011. While this trend is increasing, the area remains much less linguistically diverse than the rest of the territory.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 14.9% of residents use another language at home, which is well below the ACT figure of 24.6%. Most people speak only English (82.3%), and very few—just 1.4%—speak little or no English.
1.4% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Banks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801071071/banks/topic/language