13.1% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Scarborough · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Scarborough
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Scarborough than in the rest of Australia. While 80.7% of the population speaks only English at home, the proportion of people using other languages has risen to 13.1% since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
The 13.1% of people using another language at home is well below the national figure of 22.3%. This is mirrored in the small number of people who speak little or no English, which at 1.0% is a little below the Australian average and has barely changed since 2016.
1.0% ▲ +2.0%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.0%
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 Scarborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/505021092/scarborough/topic/language