53.4% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Strathnairn · Suburb / Locality
Language in Strathnairn
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of the people in Strathnairn now use a language other than English at home, marking a significant shift in the area's makeup. This level of diversity is far above both the ACT and national figures, with 53.4% of residents speaking a second language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the sole language for 42.3% of residents, while Punjabi is the most common second language at 8.8%. While 3.4% of people speak little or no English, this is about the same as the national figure.
3.4% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Strathnairn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80120/strathnairn/topic/language