Suffolk Park · Suburb / Locality

Language in Suffolk Park

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

Roughly 12.4% of people in Suffolk Park use a language other than English at home. While this is much higher than in most similar areas, it remains well below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Suffolk Park, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 80.3% of residents. Italian is the most common second language at 1.4%, while only 0.7% of people speak little or no English, which is a little below the Australian figure.

12.4% ▲ +110.6%

Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 5.9%
  • 2016: 8.2%
  • 2021: 12.4%

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

0.7% ▲ +43.1%

Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.5%
  • 2021: 0.7%

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.

Language used at home

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In Suffolk Park, English only is the majority at 97%; Italian is next at 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 Suffolk Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13699/suffolk-park/topic/language