23.0% ▼ -15.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 23.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Fitzroy · Suburb / Locality
Language in Fitzroy
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English in Fitzroy than in most similar areas. While 23% of residents use another language at home, the area also has one of the highest rates of people who speak little or no English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 68.6% of residents, though Vietnamese, Mandarin, Cantonese and Arabic are also common. About 5.8% of people speak little or no English, which is a little above the national figure of 3.4%.
5.8% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 5.8%
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 Fitzroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20924/fitzroy/topic/language