9.6% ▲ +61.0%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 9.6%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Applethorpe · Suburb / Locality
Language in Applethorpe
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Applethorpe, where 83% of people use only this language at home. While most residents speak English, the area has a higher proportion of people using other languages than most similar places.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 9.6% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure. This includes small numbers of Italian and Mandarin speakers, while only 1.1% of residents speak little or no English.
1.1% ▲ —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 1.1%
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.
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 Applethorpe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30069/applethorpe/topic/language