45.3% ▲ +29.0%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.1%
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 45.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Prospect · Suburb / Locality
Language in Prospect
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly half of all residents in Prospect speak a language other than English at home, a rate among the highest for similar areas. This linguistic diversity is far above the national figure, with 45.3% of the population using a second language.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 50.9% of people, followed by Arabic at 5.7%, Hindi at 3.5%, Punjabi at 2.6% and Mandarin at 2.5%. About 5.4% of residents speak little or no English, which is a little above the Australian average.
5.4% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13278/prospect/topic/language