23.4% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 23.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Abbotsford · Suburb / Locality
Language in Abbotsford
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Daily life in Abbotsford is shaped by a diverse mix of voices, where over 23% of people speak a language other than English at home. This is much higher than most similar areas, making the suburb a place where many different languages are heard and spoken.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 71% of residents speak only English, others use Vietnamese, Mandarin, Greek or Cantonese. Around 3.4% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national figure.
3.4% ▼ -26.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 Abbotsford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20002/abbotsford/topic/language