57.7% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.1%
- 2016: 58.5%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Turrella · Suburb / Locality
Language in Turrella
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
More than half of the people in Turrella speak a language other than English at home, reflecting a community where diverse tongues are common. With 57.7% using another language, this is one of the most linguistically diverse areas at this level.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
Arabic is the most common non-English language spoken at 16.2%, followed by Mandarin at 6.3%. This diversity is reflected in the fact that 10.6% of residents speak little or no English, which is well above the national figure of 3.4%.
10.6% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
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 Turrella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14000/turrella/topic/language