Tallai · Suburb / Locality

Language in Tallai

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

Only 7.5% of people in Tallai use a language other than English at home, a figure far below the national average. Most residents speak only English, making the area much less linguistically diverse than other parts of the country.

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📍 Tallai, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

While 87.3% of people speak only English, 0.9% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than in most similar areas. Other languages spoken at home include Mandarin, Italian, Vietnamese and Cantonese.

7.5% ▼ -2.5%

Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.7%
  • 2016: 7.8%
  • 2021: 7.5%

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

0.9% ▲ +12.1%

Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 0.8%
  • 2021: 0.9%

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 Tallai, English only is the majority at 98%; Mandarin 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 Tallai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32724/tallai/topic/language