31.9% ▲ +26.0%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
St Andrews · Suburb / Locality
Language in St Andrews
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Nearly 32% of people in St Andrews speak a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure. This high level of linguistic diversity makes it one of the most multilingual areas of its kind in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 62.4% of residents speak only English, Arabic is the most common second language at 7.7%. Despite this diversity, the 3.7% who speak little or no English is about the same as the state and national figures.
3.7% ▲ +21.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 St Andrews [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13646/st-andrews/topic/language