16.8% ▲ +38.9%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Richardson · Suburb / Locality
Language in Richardson
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 80% of people in Richardson speak only English at home, though the area has a higher proportion of non-English speakers than most similar places. This creates a diverse linguistic mix where about 16.8% of residents use another language, despite this being well below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 16.8% of residents use another language at home, this is well below the 22.3% national average. Arabic is the most common second language at 2.2%, and only 1.9% of people speak little or no English.
1.9% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Richardson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80114/richardson/topic/language