55.3% ▲ +18.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.5%
- 2016: 55.1%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Runcorn · Suburb / Locality
Language in Runcorn
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of the population in Runcorn uses a language other than English at home, one of the highest proportions for any similar area. This multilingual makeup is reflected in the fact that 55.3% of residents speak a different language, placing the suburb far above the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 40.2% of people, while Mandarin (16.0%) and Punjabi (8.1%) are also common. Because of this diversity, 10.9% of residents speak little or no English, which is well above the 3.4% national average.
10.9% ▼ -13.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 10.9%
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 Runcorn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32491/runcorn/topic/language