19.0% ▲ +18.4%
Higher than 62% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Torrens · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Language in Torrens
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 77.1% of people in Torrens. While the number of people speaking another language has risen to 19.0% since 2011, this is still well below the figures for the ACT and Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Around 19.0% of residents use a language other than English at home, with Mandarin (2.2%) and Italian (1.3%) being the most common. Very few people, just 1.6%, speak little or no English, which is a figure that has barely changed since 2016.
1.6% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 55% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Torrens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/801091110/torrens/topic/language