6.0% ▼ -24.3%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 6.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Magenta · Suburb / Locality
Language in Magenta
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Far fewer people speak a language other than English in Magenta compared to the rest of the country. Only 6% of residents use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 84% of residents, with small numbers speaking Hindi and Italian. While 6% use another language at home—a figure higher than most similar areas—there are no residents who speak little or no English.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Magenta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12450/magenta/topic/language