19.6% ▲ +54.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 19.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Holt · Suburb / Locality
Language in Holt
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one in five people in Holt use a language other than English at home, making it more linguistically diverse than most similar areas. While this is a high proportion for the local area, it remains a little below the national figure of 22.3%.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 76.9% of residents, though Punjabi, Mandarin, Arabic, and Vietnamese are also spoken. About 2.6% of the population speak little or no English, which is about the same as the Australian average.
2.6% ▲ +25.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Holt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80075/holt/topic/language