17.3% ▲ +32.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Deakin · Suburb / Locality
Language in Deakin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for most people in Deakin, though a fair few residents use other languages daily. While 17.3% of the population speaks a language other than English at home, this is well below the figures for the ACT and the rest of Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Most people here speak only English (78.4%), with Mandarin, Greek, and Hindi being the next most common languages. While 1.1% of residents speak little or no English—which is much higher than most similar areas—this is still a little below the state and national figures.
1.1% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 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 Deakin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80044/deakin/topic/language