5.3% ▲ +40.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.3%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
The Gurdies · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant tongue in The Gurdies, where 91.8% of people speak only English at home. While the use of other languages is higher here than in most similar areas, it remains far below the national figure.
English and the largest community languages.
Only 5.3% of residents use a language other than English at home, which is far below the 22.3% national average. This is consistent with the fact that no one in the area speaks little or no English.
5.3% ▲ +40.5%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% 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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in The Gurdies [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22498/the-gurdies/topic/language