9.8% ▲ +35.2%
Lower than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 9.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Morphett Vale - West · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Morphett Vale - West
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Morphett Vale - West, where 85.2% of people speak only this language at home. While the area has seen a small increase in linguistic diversity over the last decade, it remains far less multilingual than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 9.8% 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 here, just 1.3%, speak little or no English.
1.3% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/403041085/morphett-vale-west/topic/language