26.3% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Abbotsford · Suburb / Locality
Language in Abbotsford
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much higher share of people speak a language other than English in Abbotsford compared to most similar areas. While 26.3% of residents use another language at home, this is well above the national figure of 22.3%. It is a diverse area where English is the main language for 68.6% of people.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Italian is the most common non-English language spoken here at 8.2%, followed by Mandarin at 2.9%. About 4.1% of residents speak little or no English, which is among the highest figures for areas of this size.
4.1% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Abbotsford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10003/abbotsford/topic/language