38.6% —
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Reservoir - South East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Reservoir - South East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 39% of people in Reservoir - South East speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure of 22.3%, making the area much more linguistically diverse than most other parts of Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 54.2% of residents, while others commonly speak Greek, Italian, Mandarin or Vietnamese. This diversity is reflected in the 7.6% of people who speak little or no English, a figure well above the 3.4% national average.
7.6% —
Higher than 89% 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.
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 Reservoir - South East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209021525/reservoir-south-east/topic/language