15.4% ▼ -14.2%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.0%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Flinders · Suburb / Locality
Language in Flinders
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary language for 81.1% of people in Flinders, though other tongues are more common here than in most similar areas. While the proportion of people speaking a language other than English is far below the state figure, it remains higher than in many nearby neighbourhoods.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 15.4% of residents use another language at home, which is much higher than most similar areas. This is reflected in the 1.7% who speak little or no English, a figure that is also much higher than in most comparable places.
1.7% ▼ -18.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1%
- 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 Flinders [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11537/flinders/topic/language