13.3% ▼ -15.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Barrack Heights · Suburb / Locality
Language in Barrack Heights
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 82% of people in Barrack Heights. While most residents speak only English, the area has a higher proportion of people using other languages at home than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 13.3% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in similar areas but well below the national figure of 22.3%. This is alongside 2.4% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the Australian average.
2.4% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 Barrack Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10208/barrack-heights/topic/language