18.1% ▼ -10.3%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 18.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Stirling · Suburb / Locality
Language in Stirling
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of residents speak a non-English language compared to similar areas, making Stirling (ACT) a relatively diverse pocket. While 18.1% of people use a language other than English at home, this is still well below the figures for the ACT and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 78.4% of residents, with Italian, Cantonese and Mandarin also spoken. About 2.3% of people speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas but about the same as the ACT average.
2.3% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 Stirling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80119/stirling/topic/language