27.5% —
Higher than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Palmerston - South · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Palmerston - South
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far more people in Palmerston - South speak a language other than English at home than in most similar areas. While 27.5% of the community uses another language, the vast majority still use English as their main tongue. This trend has grown over the last five years, with the figure rising by 4.7 percentage points since 2016.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 65.4% of residents, while others speak Tagalog (4.5%), Greek (1.2%), Punjabi (1.2%) or Hindi (0.9%). Despite the variety, only 2.0% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the national figure of 3.4%.
2.0% ▲ +22.2%
Higher than 60% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Palmerston - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/701041042/palmerston-south/topic/language