50.2% ▲ +107.8%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rockbank · Suburb / Locality
Language in Rockbank
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of the people in Rockbank use a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level. This creates a multicultural community where 50.2% of residents speak a language other than English, far exceeding the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 41.5% of people speak only English, Punjabi is the most common second language at 14.8%. Around 4.8% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little above the Australian figure of 3.4%.
4.8% ▲ +53.6%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Rockbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22186/rockbank/topic/language