14.9% ▲ +62.2%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Point Frederick · Suburb / Locality
Language in Point Frederick
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 15% of people in Point Frederick speak a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While this is a higher rate than nearby suburbs, it remains well below the national figure of 22.3%. Most residents use English exclusively, though a small number speak Mandarin or Arabic.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 78.5% of residents. While 2% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas, this is still a little below the Australian figure of 3.4%.
2.0% ▲ +54.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Point Frederick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13244/point-frederick/topic/language