4.9% ▲ +135.4%
Lower than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Braddon (Mersey) · State Electorate
Language in Braddon (Mersey)
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 90.3% of people in Braddon (Mersey), making it a place where very few residents speak a different language at home. While the number of people using other languages rose to 4.9% since 2011, this remains far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.9% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is much lower than most areas. Consistent with this, the proportion of people who speak little or no English is very low at 0.5% and has barely changed since 2016.
0.5% ▲ +9.0%
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.5%
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 Braddon (Mersey) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED60207/braddon/topic/language