44.6% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.7%
- 2016: 48.9%
- 2021: 44.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rosebery · Suburb / Locality
Language in Rosebery
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Multilingualism is a huge part of daily life in Rosebery, where 44.6% of residents speak a language other than English at home. This is far above the national figure, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While nearly half the population uses another language, 49.9% speak English only. Mandarin is the most common second language at 11.4%, and about 6% of people speak little or no English, which is a little above the own state and national figures.
6.0% ▼ -22.2%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Rosebery [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13419/rosebery/topic/language