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Language in Not in any Significant Urban Area

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Not in any Significant Urban Area (ACT) than in the rest of the territory. Only 7.1% of residents use another language at home, which is a huge gap compared to the ACT's 24.6%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the dominant tongue here, spoken alone by 80.4% of people. Only 0.4% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the national average and has barely changed since 2016.

People using another language at home

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7.1% ▼ -24.8%

Higher than 57% of urban area areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.4% ▼ -60.4%

Lower than 87% of urban area 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.

Language used at home

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In Not in any Significant Urban Area, English only is the majority at 96%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 80.4% Mandarin 0.7% Hindi 0.6% Greek 0.4% Italian 0.4% Cantonese 0.4% Punjabi 0.2% Tagalog 0.2%

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 Not in any Significant Urban Area [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/8000/not-in-any-significant-urban-area/topic/language