25.8% ▼ -8.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 25.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Russell Lea · Suburb / Locality
Language in Russell Lea
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A well above national average of 25.8% of people in Russell Lea use a language other than English at home. This variety is reflected in the local community, where nearly 10% of residents speak Italian.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While English is used by 70.9% of residents, Italian is the most common second language at 9.8%, followed by Greek at 3.7%. Around 3.9% of the population speak little or no English, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas.
3.9% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 Russell Lea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13462/russell-lea/topic/language