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Birdwood · Suburb / Locality

Language in Birdwood

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

English is the dominant way of communicating in Birdwood, where very few people use another language at home. This makes the area far less linguistically diverse than the rest of the state and the nation.

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📍 Birdwood, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Only 1.7% of residents speak a language other than English, which is far below the South Australian figure of 17.8%. While 0.2% of people speak little or no English, this is higher than in most similar areas.

People using another language at home

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1.7% ▲ +8.7%

Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.

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

People who speak little or no English

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0.2% ▲ —

Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.

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 Birdwood, English only is the majority at 99%; Mandarin is next at 0%.

English only 93.5% Mandarin 0.3% Italian 0.2%

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 Birdwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40109/birdwood/topic/language