7.2% ▲ +147.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 7.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Golden Square · Suburb / Locality
Language in Golden Square
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the primary tongue for 87.9% of people in Golden Square, making it a place where very few speak a foreign language. While more people use other languages here than in most similar areas, the rate remains far below the national figure.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 7.2% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is higher than in most similar areas. This is reflected in the small numbers of Mandarin and Punjabi speakers, while only 1.5% of the population speaks little or no English.
1.5% ▲ +19.4%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Golden Square [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21058/golden-square/topic/language