19.7% ▲ +7.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.4%
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Watson · Suburb / Locality
Language in Watson
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in Watson are speaking a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas. While 19.7% of the population uses a different language, this figure remains well below the ACT average of 24.6%. Most residents use English only, with Mandarin and Vietnamese being the next most common languages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 19.7% of people use another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. However, the 1.7% who speak little or no English is only about the same as the ACT figure.
1.7% ▼ -25.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Watson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80131/watson/topic/language