23.3% ▲ +19.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.5%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 23.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Red Hill · Suburb / Locality
Language in Red Hill
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly one quarter of people in Red Hill speak a language other than English at home, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. While this reflects a diverse community, the proportion is a little below the ACT average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 23.3% of residents use another language at home, with Mandarin (3.1%), Greek (1.8%), and Hindi (1.4%) being the most common. Despite this diversity, only 1.3% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure.
1.3% ▼ -27.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 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 Red Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80112/red-hill/topic/language