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St Johns Park · Suburb / Locality

Language in St Johns Park

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

Almost three quarters of people in St Johns Park speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the region. This high level of diversity is seen in the fact that only 20.9% of the population speaks English only.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Vietnamese is the most common language at 23.9%, while 23% of residents speak little or no English, a figure far above the 3.4% national average. Other common languages include Cantonese, Arabic, and Mandarin.

People using another language at home

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74.8% ▼ -3.9%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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23.0% ▲ +2.6%

Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

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.

Language used at home

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St Johns Park splits fairly evenly between Vietnamese (38%) and English only (34%), with Cantonese at 9%.

Vietnamese 23.9% English only 20.9% Cantonese 5.5% Arabic 4.9% Mandarin 3.0% Italian 2.6% Tagalog 0.9% Greek 0.3% Hindi 0.2%

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 Johns Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13656/st-johns-park/topic/language