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Southbank (West) - South Wharf · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Southbank (West) - South Wharf

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Nearly half of all residents in Southbank (West) - South Wharf speak a language other than English at home. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than most of Australia, where English is the dominant tongue for the vast majority of people.

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📍 Southbank (West) - South Wharf, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 11.3%, and 46.4% of people use another language at home—a figure far above the national average. This diversity is reflected in the 4.7% who speak little or no English, which is much higher than most other areas.

People who speak little or no English

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4.7% —

Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Southbank (West) - South Wharf, English only is the majority at 67%; Mandarin is next at 16%.

English only 46.2% Mandarin 11.3% Hindi 3.4% Cantonese 2.9% Vietnamese 1.1% Arabic 1.0% Italian 1.0% Greek 0.6% Tagalog 0.5% Punjabi 0.4%

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 Southbank (West) - South Wharf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/206041508/southbank-south-wharf/topic/language