16.2% ▲ +22.3%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.3%
- 2016: 15.0%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Highbury · Suburb / Locality
Language in Highbury
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Highbury compared to the national average. While 16.2% of residents use another language at home, this is well below the Australian figure of 22.3%. Most people here speak only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 16.2% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Italian is the most common second language at 3.2%, while only 1.6% of people speak little or no English.
1.6% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Highbury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40587/highbury/topic/language