South Granville · Suburb / Locality

Language in South Granville

The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.

Arabic is the most common language spoken at home in South Granville, where 34.8% of residents use it. This area is exceptionally multilingual, with 64.2% of people using a language other than English at home, a figure far above the national average.

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📍 South Granville, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

The variety of languages spoken here is among the highest for similar areas, which helps explain why 15% of residents speak little or no English. This is far above the 3.4% seen across Australia.

64.2% ▼ -1.3%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 65.1%
  • 2016: 67.6%
  • 2021: 64.2%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

15.0% ▲ +2.9%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 14.6%
  • 2021: 15.0%

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 South Granville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13599/south-granville/topic/language