6.8% —
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Remainder of State/Territory · Urban Centre
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people use a language other than English at home in Remainder of State/Territory (ACT) compared to most similar areas. However, the 6.8% figure remains far below the same rate for the ACT and the rest of Australia. Only 79.5% of residents speak English only.
English and the largest community languages.
While 6.8% of people use another language at home, this is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This trend is reflected in the fact that no one in the area speaks little or no English, which is well below the Australian average of 3.4%.
6.8% —
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Remainder of State/Territory [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL831001/remainder-of-state-territory/topic/language