Sun Valley · Suburb / Locality

Language in Sun Valley

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

Just 2.2% of people in Sun Valley use a language other than English at home, which is far below both the state and national figures. This makes the area much less linguistically diverse than most other parts of Australia.

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📍 Sun Valley, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

English is the primary language for 93.1% of residents. Only 0.4% of people speak little or no English, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 3.4%.

2.2% ▼ -18.7%

Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 2.7%
  • 2016: 4.3%
  • 2021: 2.2%

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

0.4% ▼ -30.0%

Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.6%
  • 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 Sun Valley, English only is the majority at 99%; Italian is next at 1%.

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 Sun Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32690/sun-valley/topic/language