38.5% ▲ +61.8%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 38.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Knoxfield - Scoresby · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Knoxfield - Scoresby
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people speak a language other than English at home in Knoxfield - Scoresby than in most similar areas. Nearly 4 in 10 residents use another language, a figure that has climbed 15 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and country.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 38.5% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far above the national figure of 22.3%. While English is the most common language at 58.4%, Mandarin (11.4%) and Cantonese (5.1%) are also widely spoken. About 5.4% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than most areas.
5.4% ▲ +13.1%
Higher than 84% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 Knoxfield - Scoresby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/211011254/knoxfield-scoresby/topic/language