27.9% ▲ +65.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 27.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Blackburn · Suburb / Locality
Language in Blackburn
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 28% of people in Blackburn speak a language other than English at home, which is among the highest rates for similar areas. This is well above the national figure of 22.3%. It reflects a diverse community where a variety of languages are spoken alongside English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 69.1% of residents, but Mandarin is common at 10.4%, followed by Cantonese at 3.2%. About 4.4% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas.
4.4% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Blackburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20252/blackburn/topic/language