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Lower Plenty · Suburb / Locality

Language in Lower Plenty

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

More people in Lower Plenty now speak a language other than English at home compared to 2011. While English remains the dominant tongue for 84% of residents, the area is more linguistically diverse than most similar suburbs.

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📍 Lower Plenty, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

About 12.9% of people use another language at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas, though well below the national figure of 22.3%. Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 2.8%, while only 1.2% of residents speak little or no English.

People using another language at home

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12.9% ▲ +18.9%

Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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1.2% ▼ -19.0%

Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

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 Lower Plenty, English only is the majority at 92%; Mandarin is next at 3%.

English only 84.0% Mandarin 2.8% Italian 1.6% Greek 1.3% Arabic 0.9% Cantonese 0.5% Vietnamese 0.2% Hindi 0.2%

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 Lower Plenty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21547/lower-plenty/topic/language