Collector · Urban Centre

Language in Collector

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

Only 2.0% of people in Collector use a language other than English at home, which is much lower than most similar areas. This makes the locality far less linguistically diverse than both the state and the nation. The same pattern has held steady since 2011.

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📍 Collector, Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 95.6% of residents, while Mandarin is the only other language spoken by a small number of people. Consistent with this, the proportion of people who speak little or no English is 0.0%, which is well below the national figure.

2.0% ▼ -14.3%

Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.

  • 2011: 2.3%
  • 2016: 2.4%
  • 2021: 2.0%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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 Collector, English only is the majority at 98%; Mandarin is next at 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 Collector [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122037/collector/topic/language