12.1% ▲ +23.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Elermore Vale · Suburb / Locality
Language in Elermore Vale
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 85.2% of people in Elermore Vale. While most residents speak only English, the area has a higher proportion of people using other languages at home compared to similar suburbs.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 12.1% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas, though still far below the state and national figures. Only 1.7% of residents speak little or no English, a figure slightly below the Australian average.
1.7% ▼ -9.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Elermore Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11397/elermore-vale/topic/language