Carey Gully · Suburb / Locality

Language in Carey Gully

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

English is the primary language spoken by 85% of people in Carey Gully. While a small number of residents use other languages at home, the area is far less linguistically diverse than the national average.

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📍 Carey Gully, Suburb / Locality

Languages at home

English and the largest community languages.

Around 11% of people use a language other than English at home, which is much higher than most similar areas despite being far below the national figure of 22.3%. Only 2.3% of residents speak little or no English, a rate that is about the same as the South Australian average.

11.0% ▲ +40.2%

Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2011: 7.8%
  • 2016: 11.1%
  • 2021: 11.0%

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

2.3% ▲ +141.8%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

  • 2016: 1.0%
  • 2021: 2.3%

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 Carey Gully, English only is the majority at 97%; Mandarin is next at 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 Carey Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40226/carey-gully/topic/language