Ashcroft · Suburb / Locality

Language in Ashcroft

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

More than double the national figure of people speak a language other than English at home in Ashcroft. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its type, with 53.7% of residents using a non-English language.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Arabic (21.2%) and Vietnamese (12.6%) are the most common non-English languages. This diversity is reflected in the 13.6% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure far above the 3.4% national average.

53.7% ▲ +11.2%

Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 48.3%
  • 2016: 49.5%
  • 2021: 53.7%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

13.6% ▲ +16.5%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 11.7%
  • 2021: 13.6%

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.

Language used at home

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In Ashcroft, the largest group is English only at 47%, followed by Arabic (29%) and Vietnamese (17%).

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 Ashcroft [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10098/ashcroft/topic/language