50.6% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 50.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Jacka · Suburb / Locality
Language in Jacka
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Over half of all residents in Jacka use a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure, making the area one of the most linguistically diverse in the region. The community is a mix of many cultures, with English being the primary language for less than half of the population.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 50.6% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far above the ACT's 24.6%. Punjabi is the most common non-English language at 6.7%, followed by Hindi at 4.2%. This diversity is reflected in the 6.3% who speak little or no English, a figure well above the territory average.
6.3% ▲ +56.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
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 Jacka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80080/jacka/topic/language