18.6% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 18.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Iraak · Suburb / Locality
Language in Iraak
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 75.4% of people in Iraak. While most residents speak English, the area has a much higher proportion of people using another language at home than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 18.6% of people use a language other than English at home, which is well below the national figure of 22.3%. Punjabi is the most common second language at 14.4%, and 5.1% of residents speak little or no English.
5.1% ▲ —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Iraak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21239/iraak/topic/language