16.4% ▲ +504.9%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Arrawarra · Suburb / Locality
Language in Arrawarra
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Roughly 16.4% of people in Arrawarra speak a language other than English at home, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas. While this is well below the national average, the local community is more linguistically diverse than many nearby places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 77.7% of residents, though some speak Punjabi or Tagalog. Only 1.2% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian figure but much higher than most similar areas.
1.2% ▲ +106.5%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Arrawarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10089/arrawarra/topic/language