30.7% ▲ +47.5%
Higher than 76% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.8%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 30.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Thornlie · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Thornlie
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than 30% of residents in Thornlie now speak a language other than English at home, a figure that has climbed nearly 10 percentage points since 2011. This makes the area much more linguistically diverse than most other parts of the state.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 64.8% of people speak only English, the typical household is more likely to use another language than the state or national average. Mandarin is the most common non-English tongue at 5.1%, and 5.2% of residents speak little or no English.
5.2% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 Thornlie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/506041137/thornlie/topic/language