19.7% ▲ +24.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Griffith · Suburb / Locality
Language in Griffith
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 76.6% of people in Griffith, though nearly one in five residents speaks another language at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains below the typical figures for the ACT and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 19.7% of people use a language other than English at home, including small groups speaking Mandarin, Italian, and Cantonese. This is much higher than most similar areas, though only 1.5% of the population speaks little or no English.
1.5% ▼ -35.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Griffith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80067/griffith/topic/language