Stirling · Suburb / Locality

Language in Stirling

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

English is the primary language for almost everyone in Stirling, making it a very linguistically uniform area. Only 5.6% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This means very few people here require translation services or multilingual support in their daily lives.

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📍 Stirling, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 92.3% of people speak only English, those who use other languages at home include small numbers of Italian and Mandarin speakers. Only 0.4% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 3.4%.

5.6% ▲ +12.4%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.0%
  • 2016: 5.5%
  • 2021: 5.6%

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

0.4% ▲ +109.5%

Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.2%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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 Stirling, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 1%.

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 Stirling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41384/stirling/topic/language