The Slopes · Suburb / Locality

Language in The Slopes

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

English is the primary language for 96% of people in The Slopes. This means the area is far less linguistically diverse than the rest of Australia, where a much larger share of the population speaks a different language at home.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 3.1% of residents use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the 22.3% national average. While Arabic and Greek are the most common non-English languages, no one in the area reports speaking little or no English.

3.1% ▲ +152.8%

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 1.2%
  • 2016: 2.5%
  • 2021: 3.1%

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

0.0% → —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.0%

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.

Language used at home

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In The Slopes, English only is the majority at 97%; Arabic 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 The Slopes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13858/the-slopes/topic/language