20.1% ▼ -55.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.3%
- 2016: 42.7%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Acton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Acton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
About 20.1% of people in Acton speak a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. Despite this, the proportion is still a little below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 62.5% of residents, while Mandarin is the most common other language at 6.6%. Very few residents struggle with English, with only 0.5% speaking little or no English, a figure that is a little below the national average.
0.5% ▼ -68.3%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Acton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80017/acton/topic/language