31.1% ▲ +83.1%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.0%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 31.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Marsden · Suburb / Locality
Language in Marsden
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the main language for 59.5% of people in Marsden, but the area is far more linguistically diverse than most. More than 31% of residents speak a language other than English at home, making it one of the most multilingual places in the region.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 31.1% of people use a language other than English at home, which is well above the national figure of 22.3%. This high diversity is reflected in the 7% of residents who speak little or no English, a rate that is much higher than the state and national averages.
7.0% ▲ +82.4%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 7.0%
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.
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 Marsden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31775/marsden/topic/language