29.4% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 34.4%
- 2021: 29.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Tempe · Suburb / Locality
Language in Tempe
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A much higher share of people speak a language other than English in Tempe compared to the national figure. Nearly 30% of the population uses another language at home, making it one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level. This diversity is reflected in the variety of languages spoken across the suburb.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
English is the main language for 67% of residents, though 29.4% use another language, which is well above the Australian average. This trend is mirrored in the 6.7% who speak little or no English, a figure that is among the highest for similar areas.
6.7% ▼ -18.1%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 6.7%
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 Tempe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13800/tempe/topic/language