16.8% ▲ +38.9%
Higher than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Richardson · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Richardson
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Richardson compared to the rest of the territory. While 16.8% of residents use another language at home, this is well below the national figure of 22.3%. This trend is shifting slowly, as the number of people using other languages rose 4.7 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 79.7% of people here, with Arabic (2.2%), Vietnamese (0.9%), and Cantonese (0.9%) as the next most common. Only 1.9% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian figure of 3.4%.
1.9% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 58% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Richardson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801071087/richardson/topic/language