4.6% ▲ +27.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Heathcote · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is spoken by 90.6% of people in Heathcote, making it the dominant language for the vast majority of the area. This high level of English use is reflected in the fact that very few residents speak a language other than English at home.
English and the largest community languages.
Only 4.6% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. Despite this, the 0.5% who speak little or no English is higher than in most similar areas.
4.6% ▲ +27.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.5% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Heathcote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11890/heathcote/topic/language