18.1% ▲ +6.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Pearce · Suburb / Locality
Language in Pearce
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people in Pearce speak a language other than English at home compared to the wider territory. While 18.1% of residents use another language, this is well below the ACT figure of 24.6%. Most of the community speaks only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 18.1% of people use a language other than English at home, with the most common being Italian, Hindi and Mandarin. Only 1.3% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4%.
1.3% ▼ -17.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Pearce [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80109/pearce/topic/language