Powelltown · Suburb / Locality

Language in Powelltown

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

English is the language spoken in the vast majority of homes in Powelltown, where 83.2% of people speak only English. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.

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📍 Powelltown, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 4.7% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the 22.3% national figure. Despite this, no one in the area reported speaking little or no English.

4.7% ▲ +132.5%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.0%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 4.7%

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 Powelltown, English only is the majority at 98%; Mandarin 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 Powelltown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22115/powelltown/topic/language