30.2% ▲ +34.8%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Leanyer · Suburb / Locality
Language in Leanyer
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Leanyer now speak a language other than English at home compared to previous years. While 62% of residents speak only English, about 30% use another language, making the area much more linguistically diverse than the Australian average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 30.2% of people use another language at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. This diversity is seen in the variety of languages spoken, including Greek at 6%, Tagalog at 2.3%, and Cantonese at 1.8%, while 4.2% of residents speak little or no English.
4.2% ▲ +7.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 Leanyer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70161/leanyer/topic/language