34.9% —
Higher than 80% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Reservoir - South West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Reservoir - South West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English at home in Reservoir - South West compared to most areas. About 34.9% of the population use another language, which is far above the national figure. This creates a diverse linguistic profile where over a third of residents use a language other than English daily.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 60.5% of people speak only English, Italian is the most common other language at 5.8%, followed by Greek, Arabic and Mandarin. This diversity is reflected in the 5.6% of residents who speak little or no English, a figure that is much higher than most areas.
5.6% —
Higher than 85% 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 West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/209021526/reservoir-south-west/topic/language