39.5% ▲ +23.2%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.1%
- 2016: 42.6%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Phillip · Suburb / Locality
Language in Phillip
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 40% of people in Phillip use a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas of its kind. This high level of diversity means many residents navigate daily life in multiple languages, far exceeding the typical patterns seen across the ACT or Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
A far higher share of residents speak another language at home compared to the national figure of 22.3%. While English is the most common language at 55.4%, others include Mandarin, Tagalog, Cantonese, and Punjabi; meanwhile, 3.3% of people speak little or no English.
3.3% ▼ -36.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 Phillip [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80110/phillip/topic/language