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Most Multilingual Suburbs in Australian Capital Territory

Q: What are the most multilingual suburbs in Australian Capital Territory?

The top-ranked suburbs are Taylor, Throsby, Strathnairn, Franklin, Lawson, and more, ordered by a category-specific composite score from official government and open data.

Suburbs with the highest share of residents who speak a language other than English at home (2021 Census, usual residence). Suburbs with fewer than 500 Census residents are excluded.

Rank	Suburb	Share
#1	Taylor	66.7%
#2	Throsby	61.2%
#3	Strathnairn	55.8%
#4	Franklin	55.2%
#5	Lawson	54.0%
#6	Jacka	52.6%
#7	Moncrieff	50.3%
#8	Gungahlin	49.4%
#9	Belconnen	48.8%
#10	Coombs	48.1%
#11	Bonner	46.4%
#12	Denman Prospect	46.1%
#13	O'Malley	45.0%
#14	Harrison	44.1%
#15	City	42.7%
#16	Phillip	41.7%
#17	Crace	39.9%
#18	Wright	38.6%
#19	Bruce	34.9%
#20	Casey	33.5%
#21	Palmerston	32.2%
#22	Forde	31.8%
#23	Isaacs	31.6%
#24	Lyons	30.6%
#25	Mawson	30.6%
#26	Florey	30.2%
#27	Garran	30.1%
#28	Ngunnawal	28.3%
#29	Lyneham	28.1%
#30	Braddon	27.8%
#31	McKellar	27.2%
#32	Chifley	26.5%
#33	Kaleen	26.5%
#34	Dickson	26.4%
#35	Macquarie	26.2%
#36	Turner	25.8%
#37	Page	25.6%
#38	Greenway	25.2%
#39	Macgregor	25.2%
#40	Nicholls	25.2%
#41	Narrabundah	24.8%
#42	Amaroo	24.6%
#43	Downer	24.4%
#44	Acton	24.3%
#45	Scullin	24.1%
#46	Red Hill	24.0%
#47	Bonython	22.3%
#48	Isabella Plains	20.8%
#49	Dunlop	20.4%
#50	Griffith	20.4%

Share is from the 2021 Census (usual residence). Suburbs with fewer than 500 Census residents are excluded.

Last updated 27 July 2026 at 1:44 am AEST

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