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Prospect Vale - Blackstone · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Language in Prospect Vale - Blackstone

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

English is the dominant language in Prospect Vale - Blackstone, where 90.7% of people speak only English at home. While more people have started using other languages since 2011, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the national average.

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📍 Prospect Vale - Blackstone, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 6.1% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the Australian figure of 22.3%. Very few people struggle with English here, with only 0.5% speaking little or no English.

People using another language at home

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6.1% ▲ +66.1%

Lower than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

People who speak little or no English

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0.5% ▲ +10.0%

Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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.

Language used at home

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In Prospect Vale - Blackstone, English only is the majority at 98%; Mandarin is next at 1%.

English only 90.7% Mandarin 0.6% Italian 0.4% Tagalog 0.4% Arabic 0.2% Punjabi 0.1% Hindi 0.1% Cantonese 0.1% Vietnamese 0.1%

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 Prospect Vale - Blackstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/602011044/prospect-vale-blackstone/topic/language