26.4% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 26.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Canberra Airport · Suburb / Locality
Language in Canberra Airport
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over a quarter of people in Canberra Airport use a language other than English at home. This is well above the national figure and among the highest for similar areas. It is a linguistically diverse place where many residents speak a second language, though almost everyone has some English skills.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 26.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, with Punjabi being the most common non-English language at 6.4%. Despite this diversity, 0.0% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the national figure of 3.4%.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Canberra Airport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80031/canberra-airport/topic/language