Finley · Suburb / Locality

Language in Finley

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

English is the dominant tongue in Finley, where 84.3% of residents speak only this language at home. Very few people use other languages here compared to the rest of the country, making it a linguistically uniform community.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 3% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While 0.2% speak little or no English, this is actually higher than most similar areas.

3.0% ▲ +32.8%

Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3%
  • 2016: 3.1%
  • 2021: 3.0%

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

0.2% ▼ -31.6%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.4%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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 Finley, English only is the majority at 99%; Cantonese is next at 0%.

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 Finley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11523/finley/topic/language