4.0% ▲ +133.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 4.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Blakiston · Suburb / Locality
Language in Blakiston
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant language in Blakiston, with very little change in the diversity of languages spoken since 2011. Only 4% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 95% of people speak only English at home. While only 4% use another language, a small group of 0.8% speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas.
0.8% ▲ —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Blakiston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40122/blakiston/topic/language