14.9% ▲ +19.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Banks · Suburb / Locality
Language in Banks
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 82.3% of residents in Banks. While this is the clear majority, the area has a higher proportion of people using other languages at home than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 14.9% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas but well below the national figure of 22.3%. Only 1.4% of the population speak little or no English, a figure slightly lower than the Australian average.
1.4% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.4%
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.
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 Banks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80021/banks/topic/language