27.4% ▲ +22.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ngunnawal · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ngunnawal
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 70% of people in Ngunnawal speak only English at home, though the area is notably diverse. It has a much higher proportion of people using another language at home than the national average, with 27.4% of residents speaking a language other than English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 27.4% of people use another language at home, which is well above the Australian figure of 22.3%. This diversity is reflected in the variety of languages spoken, including Mandarin (2.3%), Punjabi (2.2%), Hindi (1.7%), and Vietnamese (1.6%). This also means 3.5% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than in most other areas.
3.5% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 Ngunnawal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80100/ngunnawal/topic/language