Greenlands · Suburb / Locality

Language in Greenlands

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

English is the dominant language for 92.2% of people in Greenlands. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the country, with very few residents speaking a language other than English at home.

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📍 Greenlands, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 3.7% of people use another language at home, which is far below the Australian figure of 22.3%. While Italian is the most common non-English language at 2.0%, no one in the area speaks little or no English.

3.7% ▼ -11.9%

Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 4.2%
  • 2016: 6.4%
  • 2021: 3.7%

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 Greenlands, English only is the majority at 98%; Italian is next at 2%.

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 Greenlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31238/greenlands/topic/language