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Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part) · Urban Centre

Language in Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part)

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

Nearly one in four people in Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part) speak a language other than English at home, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas. This reflects a growing trend in the region, as the proportion of people using another language has risen 6.5 percentage points since 2011.

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📍 Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part), Urban Centre

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 71.2% of people speak only English, 24.6% use another language at home, which is a little above the national figure. Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 3.2%, and only 2.5% of residents speak little or no English.

People using another language at home

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24.6% ▲ +35.8%

Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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2.5% ▼ -6.0%

Higher than 87% of urban centre 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 Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part), English only is the majority at 88%; Mandarin is next at 4%.

English only 71.2% Mandarin 3.2% Vietnamese 1.1% Punjabi 1.1% Hindi 1.1% Cantonese 0.9% Arabic 0.9% Italian 0.6% Greek 0.6% Tagalog 0.5%

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 Canberra - Queanbeyan (Canberra Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL802001/canberra-queanbeyan/topic/language