Glenwood · Suburb / Locality

Language in Glenwood

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

English is the primary language for almost everyone in Glenwood, where only 2.9% of people speak another tongue at home. This is far below the national figure and makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most of Australia.

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📍 Glenwood, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is used by 86.1% of residents, while other languages like Vietnamese and Mandarin are very rare. Only 0.2% of people speak little or no English, which is well below the Australian figure.

2.9% ▲ +28.0%

Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.3%
  • 2016: 2.7%
  • 2021: 2.9%

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

0.2% ▲ —

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.0%
  • 2021: 0.2%

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 Glenwood, English only is the majority at 99%; Vietnamese is next at 0%.

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 Glenwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31176/glenwood/topic/language