Southside · Suburb / Locality

Language in Southside

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

English is the primary way people communicate in Southside, with 91.7% of residents speaking only this language at home. Very few people here use a second language, leaving the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and country.

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Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 3.1% of people use another language at home, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%. While 0.4% of residents speak little or no English, this is well below the 3.4% seen across Australia.

3.1% ▲ +9.2%

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.8%
  • 2016: 2.8%
  • 2021: 3.1%

Share of people who use a language other than English at home.

0.4% ▲ +14.8%

Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.3%
  • 2021: 0.4%

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 Southside, English only is the majority at 99%; Tagalog is next at 0%.

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 Southside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32612/southside/topic/language