8.1% ▲ +108.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Rockville · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A higher share of people in Rockville use a language other than English at home compared to most similar areas. Despite this, only 8.1% of the population speaks another language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the only language for 85.3% of residents. While only 8.1% speak another language, the 2.5% who speak little or no English is much higher than in most similar areas.
8.1% ▲ +108.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
2.5% ▲ +484.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Rockville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32455/rockville/topic/language