12.0% ▲ +60.8%
Lower than 56% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 12.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Bancroft · State Electorate
Language in Bancroft
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Daily life in Bancroft is overwhelmingly English-speaking, though the area has become more linguistically diverse over the last decade. Only 12% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 83.2% of people speak only English, the share of those using another language rose 4.6 percentage points since 2011 to reach 12%. Very few residents struggle with English, as only 1.1% speak little or no English, a figure lower than most areas.
1.1% ▲ +25.9%
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Bancroft [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30003/bancroft/topic/language