44.6% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Denman Prospect · Suburb / Locality
Language in Denman Prospect
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Multilingualism has grown significantly in Denman Prospect, with 44.6% of people now using a language other than English at home. This is far above the figures for both the ACT and Australia. It marks the area as one of the most linguistically diverse places of its kind in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Nearly 45% of residents use a language other than English, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is the most common language at 52%, Mandarin (7.8%), Hindi (3.3%), and Punjabi (1.9%) are also widely spoken, and 3.7% of people speak little or no English.
3.7% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Denman Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80045/denman-prospect/topic/language