16.1% ▲ +32.7%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Fisher · Suburb / Locality
Language in Fisher
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Around 16.1% of people in Fisher use a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than most similar areas, it remains 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 79.9% of residents, followed by small numbers speaking Mandarin, Cantonese, Italian and Greek. Only 1.7% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the ACT average.
1.7% ▲ +2.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Fisher [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80053/fisher/topic/language