Riverside · Suburb / Locality

Language in Riverside

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

English is the primary language for 90.2% of people in Riverside. This is a very linguistically uniform area where only 1.0% of residents use another language at home, a figure far below the national average.

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📍 Riverside, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

The proportion of people using a language other than English is far below the Victorian and national figures. Despite this, 0.0% of residents speak little or no English, which is well below the state and national rates.

1.0% ▼ -51.9%

Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.2%
  • 2016: 1.1%
  • 2021: 1.0%

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 Riverside, English only is the majority at 100%.

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 Riverside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22180/riverside/topic/language