39.5% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 36.8%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 39.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Woodville - Cheltenham · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Woodville - Cheltenham
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 40% of people in Woodville - Cheltenham speak a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most other similar places. Vietnamese is the most common non-English language spoken here.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 56.9% of residents speak only English, the proportion using another language rose to 39.5% since 2011, which is far above the South Australian figure. This diversity is reflected in the 7.7% who speak little or no English, though this is well above the national average and slightly lower than it was in 2016.
7.7% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 89% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 7.7%
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 Woodville - Cheltenham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/404011097/woodville-cheltenham/topic/language