14.6% ▲ +43.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Duffy · Suburb / Locality
Language in Duffy
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Only 14.6% of people in Duffy use a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it is well below the figures for both the ACT and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 82.3% of residents, with smaller groups speaking Mandarin, Italian, Punjabi, and Vietnamese. Only 0.9% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure.
0.9% ▲ +31.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.7%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Duffy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80048/duffy/topic/language