21.2% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 21.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Fyshwick · Suburb / Locality
Language in Fyshwick
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A striking 15.4% of people in Fyshwick speak little or no English, a figure far above the national and territory levels. While English is the main language for most, the area has a significant number of residents who use other languages at home.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 21.2% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 5.8%, and the high number of people who speak little or no English is far above the Australian figure of 3.4%.
15.4% ▲ —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 15.4%
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 Fyshwick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80060/fyshwick/topic/language