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Isaacs, Canberra

The languages of Isaacs

The 2021 Census found about 720 people in Isaacs, part of Canberra, speaking a language other than English at home. Tamil comes next. Canberra has a lower share than Isaacs. For the wider picture, Canberra has a page of its own.

Residents
2,355
Speak another language
30.5%+0.6%
Languages spoken
44
Born overseas
34.2%

What's spoken at home in Isaacs?

Include First Nations languagesShowing multicultural languages
  1. 01
    Mandarin
    97+40.6%
  2. 02
    Tamil
    76+13.4%
  3. 03
    Cantonese
    61+3.4%
  4. 04
    Greek
    35+6.1%
  5. 05
    Malayalam
    33-15.4%
  6. 06
    Hindi
    32+28.0%
  7. 07
    Persian (excluding Dari)
    30-9.1%
  8. 08
    Sinhalese
    23+27.8%
  9. 09
    Bengali
    21+75.0%
  10. 10
    Italian
    19-47.2%

Where were Isaacs' residents born?

India is the most common overseas birthplace.

  1. 01
    India
    133+60.2%
  2. 02
    England
    79-13.2%
  3. 03
    China (excludes SARs and Taiwan)
    67+45.7%
  4. 04
    Sri Lanka
    63-8.7%
  5. 05
    Malaysia
    46+48.4%
  6. 06
    Hong Kong (SAR of China)
    38+52.0%
  7. 07
    Germany
    30+3.4%
  8. 08
    New Zealand
    22-31.3%
  9. 09
    United States of America
    22-8.3%
  10. 10
    Greece
    20+17.6%

Is Isaacs more multilingual than Australia as a whole?

The share speaking another language is 1.4 times the figure for Australia as a whole.

Isaacs
30.5%
Canberra
23.3%
Australia
21.3%

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

What's Isaacs' religious mix?

  1. 01
    Christianity
    1,153-9.0%
  2. 02
    No religion or secular beliefs
    783+24.7%
  3. 03
    Hinduism
    148+15.6%
  4. 04
    Islam
    87+6.1%
  5. 05
    Buddhism
    71+7.6%
  6. 06
    Judaism
    6

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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Isaacs is part of Canberra, which has its own page with every suburb compared. For material in these languages, get a quote for translation.