20.7% ▲ +37.2%
Higher than 69% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 18.7%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Marion · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in Marion
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people speak a language other than English in Marion than in most similar areas. About 20.7% of residents use another language at home, a figure that has risen by 5.6 percentage points since 2011. This reflects a growing trend toward linguistic diversity across the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is used by 76.2% of the population, Mandarin is the most common other language at 3.1%. This diversity is paired with a small number of residents who speak little or no English, at 2.6%, which is about the same as the South Australian figure.
2.6% ▼ -15.2%
Higher than 68% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Marion [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40302/marion/topic/language