5.8% ▼ -26.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Ashton · Suburb / Locality
Language in Ashton
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant language for 90.2% of people in Ashton. While a small number of residents speak other languages, the area is far less linguistically diverse than the state and national averages.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 5.8% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the national figure of 22.3%. Only 0.6% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that sits a little below the South Australian average.
0.6% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.6%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Ashton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40047/ashton/topic/language