30.0% ▼ -36.9%
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 47.5%
- 2016: 22.0%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Londonderry · State Electorate
Language in Londonderry
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Thirty per cent of people in Londonderry use a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, the proportion has fallen by 18 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 62.1% of residents, while others include Punjabi, Tagalog, Hindi and Arabic. Only 3.3% of people speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
3.3% ▲ +20.6%
Higher than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 Londonderry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10047/londonderry/topic/language