44.0% ▲ +97.0%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.3%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 44.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Asquith · Suburb / Locality
Language in Asquith
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A far higher share of people in Asquith speak a language other than English at home compared to the rest of the state. With 44% of residents using another language, the area is much more linguistically diverse than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 52.8% of people, while Mandarin is the most common second language at 9.3%. This diversity is reflected in the fact that 5.5% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little above the Australian figure of 3.4%.
5.5% ▲ +34.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 Asquith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10104/asquith/topic/language