Elphinstone · Suburb / Locality

Language in Elphinstone

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

More people use a language other than English at home in Elphinstone than in most similar areas. While 10% of residents speak another language, this is still far below the national figure of 22.3%.

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📍 Elphinstone, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the main language for 83.3% of residents. Despite a small number of people using other languages, nobody in the area reports speaking little or no English, which is well below the Australian figure of 3.4%.

10.0%

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 10.0%

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 Elphinstone, 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 Elphinstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30972/elphinstone/topic/language