8.4% ▲ +27.2%
Lower than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Morphett Vale - East · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Morphett Vale - East
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for daily life in Morphett Vale - East, where 87.3% of people speak only English at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the national average, though the proportion of people using other languages has risen slightly over the last decade.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Only 8.4% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the Australian figure of 22.3%. This is consistent with the fact that very few people—just 1.2%—speak little or no English, a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.2% ▲ +30.1%
Lower than 52% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Morphett Vale - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/403041084/morphett-vale-east/topic/language