39.4% ▲ +65.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 39.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Fitzgibbon · Suburb / Locality
Language in Fitzgibbon
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 40% of people in Fitzgibbon speak a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure. This makes it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region, with a high proportion of residents using a variety of global languages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 57.8% of people use only English, Punjabi is the most common second language at 6.5%, followed by Hindi and Tagalog. About 3.9% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas.
3.9% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 Fitzgibbon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31045/fitzgibbon/topic/language