5.2% ▼ -26.9%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 5.2%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Severnlea · Suburb / Locality
Language in Severnlea
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in Severnlea, where only 5.2% of people use another language at home. This is a very low figure compared to the national average, making it a place where almost everyone speaks English in their daily lives.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While 86.1% of residents speak only English, a small number use Italian (3.7%) at home. Only 0.8% of the population speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas but still a little below the national figure.
0.8% ▼ -54.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 0.8%
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 Severnlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32542/severnlea/topic/language