24.8% ▲ +18.7%
Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 26.9%
- 2021: 24.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Turner · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Turner
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people have started using a language other than English at home in Turner, with this figure rising 3.9 percentage points since 2011. Now, nearly a quarter of residents speak a different language, making the area more linguistically diverse than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 24.8% of people use another language at home, which is a little above the national figure. While Mandarin is the most common second language at 5.9%, the proportion of people who speak little or no English has fallen to 2.1% since 2016.
2.1% ▼ -44.9%
Higher than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 Turner [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801051060/turner/topic/language