53.0% ▲ +15.6%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.9%
- 2016: 50.1%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Franklin · Suburb / Locality
Language in Franklin
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over half the population in Franklin speaks another language at home, placing this area among the most linguistically diverse at its level. This high rate of multilingualism is far above the figures for both the ACT and the rest of Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 53% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the ACT's 24.6%. This diversity is reflected in the common use of Mandarin, Vietnamese, Punjabi and Hindi, while 6.4% of people speak little or no English.
6.4% ▼ -16.0%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 6.4%
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 Franklin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80058/franklin/topic/language