Braddon, Canberra

What Braddon speaks at home

At the 2021 Census, 24 per cent of residents in Braddon spoke a language other than English at home, most often Mandarin. The share speaking another language is close to the figure for Canberra. Residents speak 48 languages between them.

Residents
6,224
Speak another language
24.5%+19.2%
Languages spoken
48
Born overseas
31.2%

Which languages lead in Braddon?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    509+48.8%
  2. 02
    Cantonese
    117+30.0%
  3. 03
    Spanish
    86+75.5%
  4. 04
    Korean
    84-10.6%
  5. 05
    Hindi
    74+29.8%
  6. 06
    Vietnamese
    57-18.6%
  7. 07
    French
    48+37.1%
  8. 08
    German
    48+71.4%
  9. 09
    Tagalog
    37+60.9%
  10. 10
    Italian
    35+52.2%

Where were Braddon's residents born?

Overseas-born residents make up about 1,900 people, most often from China.

  1. 01
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    425+35.8%
  2. 02
    England
    230+31.4%
  3. 03
    India
    200+68.1%
  4. 04
    New Zealand
    99+76.8%
  5. 05
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    76+111%
  6. 06
    United States of America
    75+53.1%
  7. 07
    Korea, Republic of (South)
    71-26.8%
  8. 08
    Philippines
    65+25.0%
  9. 09
    Vietnam
    49-9.3%
  10. 10
    Malaysia
    47+2.2%

Is Braddon more multilingual than Australia as a whole?

Australia as a whole has a lower share than Braddon.

Braddon
24.5%
Canberra
23.3%
Australia
21.3%

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

What's Braddon's religious mix?

  1. 01
    No religion or secular beliefs
    3,902+39.4%
  2. 02
    Christianity
    1,492+2.1%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    198+52.3%
  4. 04
    Buddhism
    173-9.9%
  5. 05
    Islam
    120+20.0%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    16-20.0%

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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