11.0% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Gordon Park · Suburb / Locality
Language in Gordon Park
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English remains the dominant tongue in Gordon Park, though the variety of languages spoken at home has grown since 2011. While 86.2% of residents speak only 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 11% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Very few residents struggle with English, with only 1.3% speaking little or no English, a figure slightly below the national average.
1.3% ▲ +15.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.1%
- 2021: 1.3%
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 Gordon Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31210/gordon-park/topic/language