Riddells Creek · Suburb / Locality

Language in Riddells Creek

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

Almost everyone in Riddells Creek speaks English, with 92.7% of residents using it as their only language at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state or the nation.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 3.5% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While a tiny fraction of residents speak little or no English, this is actually higher than in most similar areas.

3.5% ▲ +3.7%

Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 3.4%
  • 2016: 3.6%
  • 2021: 3.5%

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

0.2% ▼ -18.3%

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.3%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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 Riddells Creek, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 0%.

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 Riddells Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22172/riddells-creek/topic/language