30.2% ▲ +6.5%
Higher than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 30.0%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
West Torrens · Sub-region (SA3)
Language in West Torrens
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More people in West Torrens have spoken a language other than English at home since 2011, with the figure rising to 30.2%. This makes the area far more linguistically diverse than the rest of South Australia. While English is still the main language, a significant minority of residents use other languages daily.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 30.2% of people use a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. This diversity is seen in the use of Greek, Mandarin, Punjabi and Italian, though 3.8% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that fell slightly since 2016.
3.8% ▼ -20.3%
Higher than 77% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 West Torrens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/40403/west-torrens/topic/language