13.3% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Hackett · Suburb / Locality
Language in Hackett
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 83.5% of people in Hackett. While the area is more linguistically diverse than most similar places, it has a much lower proportion of people speaking other languages compared to the rest of the territory.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 13.3% of residents speak another language at home, which is far below the ACT figure of 24.6%. This is reflected in the small number of people who speak little or no English, at just 1.4%.
1.4% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Hackett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80069/hackett/topic/language