38.2% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 38.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Sans Souci · Suburb / Locality
Language in Sans Souci
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than 38% of people in Sans Souci now speak a language other than English at home. This figure is far above the national average and makes the area one of the most linguistically diverse for its size. The local mix is led by a strong Greek-speaking community.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 38.2% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far above the 22.3% seen across Australia. While 56.1% speak only English, Greek is the most common second language at 13.9%, followed by Arabic at 4.0%. A little above the national figure, 4.9% of people speak little or no English.
4.9% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.9%
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 Sans Souci [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13504/sans-souci/topic/language