14.3% ▲ +35.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rivett · Suburb / Locality
Language in Rivett
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in Rivett than in most similar areas, though it remains well below the national figure. While 14.3% of residents use another language at home, the vast majority still speak only English.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 81.7% of residents, with Tagalog and Mandarin being the next most common. Only 1.6% of people speak little or no English, which is about the same as the ACT average but much higher than in most similar areas.
1.6% ▼ -15.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Rivett [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80115/rivett/topic/language