24.4% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.6%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Athelstone · Suburb / Locality
Language in Athelstone
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Much higher proportions of people speak a language other than English in Athelstone compared to most similar areas. Around 24.4% of residents use another language at home, which is well above the South Australian figure of 17.8%. This linguistic variety defines the local community, though English remains the dominant tongue for most.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About one in four people use a language other than English at home, with Italian being the most common at 7.3%. While 2.2% of residents speak little or no English, this is slightly below the national figure of 3.4%.
2.2% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 Athelstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40049/athelstone/topic/language