7.6% ▲ +191.9%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 7.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ironbark · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ironbark
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Ironbark compared to the rest of the country. While 7.6% of residents use another language at home, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Most people here rely solely on English for their daily communication.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 87.3% of the population. While the proportion of people using other languages is low, the 2.2% who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas.
2.2% ▲ +249.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 Ironbark [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21241/ironbark/topic/language