31.1% ▲ +6.7%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
West Torrens · Council (LGA)
Language in West Torrens
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language spoken in West Torrens, though it is a very diverse area where 31.1% of people use another language at home. This figure is far above the South Australian average and has risen since 2011. It makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most other similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 31.1% of residents speak a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is most common at 65.7%, Greek is the next most used at 5.5%, followed by Mandarin, Punjabi and Italian. A small number of people (3.9%) speak little or no English, which is a little above the state average.
3.9% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 West Torrens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA48410/west-torrens/topic/language