28.4% ▲ +12.2%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Prospect · Council (LGA)
Language in Prospect
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Multilingual households are a common sight in Prospect, where nearly 29% of people speak a language other than English at home. This is well above the national figure of 22.3%. The area has become increasingly diverse over the last decade, with the share of people using other languages rising since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 68.7% of residents, followed by Greek at 4.0%, Vietnamese at 3.6%, Italian at 2.6% and Mandarin at 2.0%. While many speak other languages, the 3.1% who speak little or no English is about the same as the South Australian figure.
3.1% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.1%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA46510/prospect/topic/language