26.9% ▲ +59.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 26.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Raby · Suburb / Locality
Language in Raby
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Diverse ways of speaking shape daily life in Raby, where 26.9% of people use a language other than English at home. This is well above the national figure and among the highest for similar areas, creating a multicultural environment where several different languages are spoken.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 69.2% of residents speak only English, Arabic is the most common other language at 6.3%. Around 3.5% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas.
3.5% ▲ +21.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 Raby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13316/raby/topic/language