29.5% ▲ +8.9%
Higher than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Prospect · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Prospect
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people speak a language other than English in Prospect than in most similar areas. Nearly 30% of residents use another language at home, a figure well above the national average. This linguistic diversity has grown slightly since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 67.3% of people speak only English, 29.5% use another language at home, which is far above the South Australian figure of 17.8%. Greek (4.5%), Vietnamese (4.2%), Italian (2.8%), and Mandarin (2.0%) are the most common alternatives. About 3.2% of residents speak little or no English, though this fell from 4.3% in 2016.
3.2% ▼ -25.2%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.2%
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 Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/401061021/prospect/topic/language