13.8% ▲ +22.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tapping · Suburb / Locality
Language in Tapping
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 13.8% of people in Tapping speak a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. While this is well below the national figure of 22.3%, it highlights a growing diversity in the suburb's homes.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 82.9% of residents, though Punjabi, Arabic, Hindi and Mandarin are also spoken. Only 1.1% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas but still a little below the Australian average of 3.4%.
1.1% ▼ -27.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.5%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Tapping [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51435/tapping/topic/language