6.8% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Islington · Suburb / Locality
Language in Islington
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 90.1% of people in Islington. While the area is much less diverse than the state or national averages, it has a slightly higher proportion of people using other languages at home than similar areas.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 6.8% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure of 22.3%. Very few people struggle with English, as only 0.5% speak little or no English.
0.5% ▼ -55.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Islington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11999/islington/topic/language