Ellesmere · Suburb / Locality

Language in Ellesmere

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

English is the primary language for 87.7% of people in Ellesmere. This is a very linguistically uniform area, with a tiny fraction of residents using another language at home compared to the rest of the country.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 1.5% of people use a language other than English at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. This helps explain why no one in the area speaks little or no English.

1.5% ▼ -64.9%

Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.3%
  • 2016: 2.3%
  • 2021: 1.5%

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

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.9%
  • 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 Ellesmere, English only is the majority at 99%; Arabic is next at 1%.

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 Ellesmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30965/ellesmere/topic/language