37.5% ▲ +13.4%
Higher than 82% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 39.4%
- 2021: 37.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Girrawheen · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Girrawheen
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people have started speaking a language other than English at home in Girrawheen, with the figure rising to 37.5% since 2011. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than both the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 37.5% of residents use a language other than English at home, and Vietnamese is the most common non-English tongue at 8.6%. This diversity is reflected in the 10.4% of people who speak little or no English, a figure that is well above the Australian average of 3.4%.
10.4% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 93% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 10.4%
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 Girrawheen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/505031102/girrawheen/topic/language