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Acton, Canberra

The languages of Acton

The 2021 Census found about 540 people in Acton, part of Canberra, speaking a language other than English at home. Cantonese comes next. Acton's share is below Canberra. In all, 40 languages are spoken in its homes. The largest group born overseas is from China.

Residents
2,820
Speak another language
19.3%-38.9%
Languages spoken
40
Born overseas
25.6%

What's spoken at home in Acton?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    187-46.7%
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    36-40.0%
  3. 03
    Hindi
    36-21.7%
  4. 04
    Indonesian
    21-60.4%
  5. 05
    Sinhalese
    20+53.8%
  6. 06
    Bengali
    19-20.8%
  7. 07
    Vietnamese
    18+100%
  8. 08
    Japanese
    12-40.0%
  9. 09
    Korean
    12-42.9%
  10. 10
    French
    11-8.3%

Where were Acton's residents born?

China is the most common overseas birthplace.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    149-47.7%
  2. 02
    England
    113+50.7%
  3. 03
    India
    87-13.0%
  4. 04
    United States of America
    38+11.8%
  5. 05
    Singapore
    33-23.3%
  6. 06
    New Zealand
    29-19.4%
  7. 07
    Malaysia
    27-48.1%
  8. 08
    South Africa
    23-4.2%
  9. 09
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    18-56.1%
  10. 10
    Indonesia
    18-64.0%

How does Acton compare with Australia as a whole?

The share speaking another language is close to the figure for Australia as a whole.

Acton (ACT)
19.3%
Canberra
23.3%
Australia
21.3%

Share of residents speaking a language other than English at home.

What's Acton's religious mix?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    1,543+46.7%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    513-0.6%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    65-19.8%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    52-50.5%
  5. 05
    Islam
    45-47.1%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    41+215%

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, by suburb and locality. Growth compares 2021 against the 2016 Census.

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