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Edinburgh · Suburb / Locality

Language in Edinburgh

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant language in Edinburgh, where 83.5% of people speak only English at home. While more residents use other languages here than in most similar areas, the overall proportion remains well below the national figure.

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📍 Edinburgh, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Around 12.5% of people use a language other than English at home, including small numbers who speak Cantonese, Mandarin, Arabic, and Italian. Despite this, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.4%.

People using another language at home

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12.5% ▲ +60.8%

Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Edinburgh, English only is the majority at 95%; Cantonese is next at 2%.

English only 83.5% Cantonese 1.3% Mandarin 1.1% Arabic 0.8% Italian 0.8%

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 Edinburgh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40392/edinburgh/topic/language