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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idIn 2021, 11.1% of children aged 0 to 4 years in the G21 Region spoke a language other than English at home.
The G21 Region's language statistics show the proportion of the population in the selected age group who speak a language at home other than English, and the main languages spoken. They indicate how culturally diverse a population is and the degree to which different ethnic groups and nationalities are retaining their language at different ages.
The G21 Region's language statistics should be analysed in conjunction with Country of Birth as different cultural groups are better analysed through the different topics. For major language groups, Community of Interest profiles are available for that specific language by a range of characteristics.
Q:
Derived from the Census question:
'Does the person use a language other than English at home?'
| Language spoken at home - Ranked by size | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G21 Region - 0 to 4 years | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Language | Number | % | G21 Region - Total population | Number | % | G21 Region - Total population | 2016 to 2021 |
| Punjabi | 256 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 91 | 0.5 | 0.3 | +165 |
| Non-verbal, so described | 178 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 187 | 1.0 | 0.1 | -9 |
| Mandarin | 151 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 153 | 0.8 | 0.6 | -2 |
| Spanish | 87 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 38 | 0.2 | 0.2 | +49 |
| German | 75 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 45 | 0.2 | 0.3 | +30 |
| Arabic | 74 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 80 | 0.4 | 0.2 | -6 |
| Urdu | 74 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 28 | 0.1 | 0.1 | +46 |
| French | 68 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 28 | 0.1 | 0.2 | +40 |
| Malayalam | 67 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 42 | 0.2 | 0.1 | +25 |
| Karen | 67 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 51 | 0.3 | 0.2 | +16 |
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| Language spoken at home - Summary | |||||||
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| G21 Region - 0 to 4 years | 2021 | 2016 | Change | ||||
| Language summary | Number | % | G21 Region - Total population | Number | % | G21 Region - Total population | 2016 to 2021 |
| Speaks English only | 17,357 | 84.7 | 84.9 | 16,307 | 86.2 | 84.9 | +1,050 |
| Non-English total | 2,274 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 1,572 | 8.3 | 8.9 | +702 |
| Not stated | 872 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 1,029 | 5.4 | 6.2 | -157 |
| Total people | 20,503 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 18,908 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +1,595 |
Dominant groups
Analysis of the language spoken at home by children aged 0 to 4 years in the G21 Region in 2021 compared to the total population in the G21 Region shows that there was a similar proportion of people who spoke English only, and a larger proportion of those speaking a non-English language (either exclusively, or in addition to English).
Overall, 84.7% of children aged 0 to 4 years spoke English only, and 11.1% of% spoke a non-English language, compared with 84.9% and 9.9% respectively for the total population in the G21 Region.
Other than English, the dominant language spoken at home by children aged 0 to 4 years in the G21 Region was Punjabi, with 1.2% of the population, or 256 people speaking this language at home.
There were no major differences between G21 Region and the total population in the G21 Region in 2021.
Emerging groups
Between 2016 and 2021, the number of children aged 0 to 4 years who spoke a language other than English at home increased by 702 or 44.7%, and the number of people who spoke English only increased by 1,050 or 6.4%.
The largest change in the spoken languages of children aged 0 to 4 years in G21 Region between 2016 and 2021 was for those speaking:
- Punjabi (+165 persons)
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